Lexical Definition

‎הוֹלֵלָה‎ hôwlêlâh (ho-lay-law') madness ^H:N-F
feminine active participle of ‎הָלַל‎

madness.

• folly

1) madness

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎הוֺלֵלָה‎] noun feminine madness (on text see below), only plural ‎הֹלֵלוֺת‎, ‎הוֺלֵלוֺת‎, and only Ecclesiastes: Eccl 1:17 and I set my heart (‎וָאֶתְּנָה לִבִּי‎) to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly (‎הֹלֵלוֺת וְשִׂכְלוּת‎), compare ‎הוֺלֵלוֺת‎ Eccl 2:12 (|| id.); ‎׳‎‎וְלָדַעַת רֶשַׁע כֶּסֶל וְהַסִּכְלוּת ה‎ Eccl 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 Eccl 9:3 (|| ‎רָע‎).

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