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Forכִּיlike the soundכְקוֹלof thornsהַסִּירִיםunderתַּחַתthe pot,הַסִּירso isכֵּןthe laughterשְׂחֹקof the senseless;הַכְּסִילand this tooוְגַם זֶהis vapor.הָבֶל
Ecclesiastes 7:6
Study it in the app“For like the sound of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the senseless; and this too is vapor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 7:6, word by word
- like the soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of thornsסִּירִיםsirim
thorn
Thorns thrown on the fire under the pot, or hooks for dragging someone away.
Where else “sirim” appears- the laughterשְׂחֹקsechok
laughter
The sound a person makes when something gives him joy.
Where else “sechok” appears- of the senselessכְּסִילkesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “kesil” appears- is vaporהָבֶלhavel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “havel” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew “thorns” (סִירִים) and “pot” (סִיר) sound almost the same.
The context
5Better to hear the rebuke of a wise man than to be a man who hears the song of the senseless.
6 · This verse (above)
7For oppression makes a wise man mad, and a gift destroys the heart.