Ecclesiastes 7:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 7:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 7:611 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

כְ/ק֤וֹלkəqwōl

bleatingpronH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

הַ/סִּירִים֙hasiyriym

caldronparticleH5518

fishhook · pan · pot · thorn

תַּ֣חַתtaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

הַ/סִּ֔ירhasiyr

caldronparticleH5518

fishhook · pan · pot · thorn

כֵּ֖ןkēn

-wardparticleH3651

after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···

שְׂחֹ֣קśəḥōq

derisionnounH7814

laughter(-ed to scorn · -ing) · mocked · sport

הַ/כְּסִ֑ילhakəsiyl

foolparticleH3684

וְ/גַםwəgam

againconjH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

זֶ֖הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

הָֽבֶלhābel

vainnounH1892

altogether · vanity

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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