Lexical Definition

‎הוֹלֵלוּת‎ hôwlêlûwth (ho-lay-looth') madness ^H:N-F
from active participle of ‎הָלַל‎

madness.

• folly

1) madness

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הוֺלֵלוּת‎ noun feminine id. (formed unusually from the participle, an Aramaic formation, compare Ba^{NB 414 f.}) ‎תְּהִּלַּת דִּבְּרֵיפִֿיהוּ סִכְלוּת וְאַחֲרִית פִּיהוּ הוֺלֵלוּת רָעָה‎ Eccl 10:13 the beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, and the end of his mouth (his speech) is evil madness. ‎הַלֲלוּיָהּ‎, ‎הַלֲלוּיָהֿ‎ see ‎הלל‎ Pi`el

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