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Brown-Driver-Briggs [הוֺלֵלָה] noun feminine madness (on text see below), only plural הֹלֵלוֺת, הוֺלֵלוֺת, and only Ecclesiastes: Ecclesiastes 1:17 and I set my heart (וָאֶתְּנָה לִבִּי) to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly (הֹלֵלוֺת וְשִׂכְלוּת), compare הוֺלֵלוֺת Ecclesiastes 2:12 ("" id.); ׳וְלָדַעַת רֶשַׁע כֶּסֶל וְהַסִּכְלוּת ה Ecclesiastes 7:25; i.e. to know folly to be madness; possibly read חוֺלֵלוּת, compare סִכְלוּת & following; the moral evil of it is specifically recognized in Ecclesiastes 9:3 ("" רָע). Forms and Transliterations הוֹלֵל֖וֹת הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ הוללות הוללות׃ וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת וְהוֹלֵל֤וֹת והוללות hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ holeLot hōwlêlōwṯ veholeLot wə·hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ wəhōwlêlōwṯ Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts