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H1947הוֹלֵלָהho.le.lah

madnessPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

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4 occurrences in 4 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:17

    And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly--I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

    הוֹלֵל֖וֹת ho.le.Lot “madness”

  2. Ecclesiastes 2:12

    And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness and folly; for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

    וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת (הוֹלֵל֖וֹת) ho.le.Lot “madness”

  3. Ecclesiastes 7:25

    I turned about, and applied my heart to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;

    הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ ho.le.Lot “madness”

  4. Ecclesiastes 9:3

    This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all; yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

    וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת (הוֹלֵל֤וֹת) ho.le.Lot “madness”