Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 7:25

²⁵I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	אֲנִ֤י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
directed	סַבּ֨וֹתִֽי	sab·bō·w·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
my mind	וְלִבִּי֙	wə·lib·bî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
to understand	לָדַ֣עַת	lā·ḏa·‘aṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3045 know
to explore	וְלָת֔וּר	wə·lā·ṯūr	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8446 seek out, spy out, explore
to search out	וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ	ū·ḇaq·qêš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1245 seek
wisdom	חָכְמָ֖ה	ḥāḵ·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom
and explanations	וְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן	wə·ḥeš·bō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H2808 reckoning, account
and to understand	וְלָדַ֙עַת֙	wə·lā·ḏa·‘aṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3045 know
the stupidity	כֶּ֔סֶל	ke·sel	Noun - masculine singular	H3689 loins
of wickedness	רֶ֣שַׁע	re·ša‘	Noun - masculine singular	H7562 wickedness
and the folly	וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת	wə·has·siḵ·lūṯ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5531 folly
of madness	הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃	hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1947 madness

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.