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Ecclesiastes 2:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7814 of laughter לשׂחוק

H559 I said אמרתי

H1984 is mad מהולל

H8057 and of mirth ולשׂמחה

H4100 What מה

H2090 It זה

H6213 doeth עשׂה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H2090 it

H6213 doeth

H4100 What

H8057 mirth

and

H1984 mad

H2090 It

H7814 laughter

H559 said

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H1984

Hebrew: הָלַל

Transliteration: hâlal

Pronunciation: haw-lal'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: (make) boast ({self}) {celebrate} {commend} ({deal} {make}) fool ({-ish} {-ly}) {glory} give {[light]} be ({make} feign self) mad ({against}) give in {marriage} {[sing} be worthy of] {praise} {rage} {renowned} shine.

Definition:

to be clear (originally of {sound} but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a show; to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively to celebrate; also to stultify

1. to shine

a. (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour)

b. (Hiphil) to flash forth light

2. to praise, boast, be boastful

a. (Qal)

1. to be boastful

2. boastful ones, boasters (participle)

b. (Piel)

1. to praise

2. to boast, make a boast

c. (Pual)

1. to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise

d. (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast

e. (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool

f. (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906