Hebrew Interlinear

Ecclesiastes 7:6 Interlinear

“ For as the crackling of thorns of thorns so is the laughter of the fool this also is vanity”

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Ecclesiastes 7 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּ֣י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	כְק֤וֹל	H6963	For as the crackling	a voice or sound
3	הַסִּ֔יר	H5518	of thorns	a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
4	תַּ֣חַת	H8478		the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
5	הַסִּ֔יר	H5518	of thorns	a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
6	כֵּ֖ן	H3651		properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
7	שְׂחֹ֣ק	H7814	so is the laughter	laughter (in merriment or defiance)
8	הַכְּסִ֑יל	H3684	of the fool	properly, fat, i.e., (figuratively) stupid or silly
9	וְגַם	H1571		properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
10	זֶ֖ה	H2088		the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
11	הָֽבֶל׃	H1892	this also is vanity	emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

Ecclesiastes 7:6 (current) For as the crackling of thorns of thorns so is the laughter of the fool this also is vanity