It is a synonym to מְהוֹלָל (meholal,“folly”) in 2:2a and an antonym to טוֹב (tov,“worthwhile, beneficial”) in 2:1b and 2:3c. Ecclesiastes 2:2 tn Heb“laughter.” The term שְׂחוֹק (sekhoq,“laughter”) has a fourfold ...
It was used as a synonym with דָרָשׁ (darash,“to study”) in 1:13:“I devoted myself to study (לִדְרוֹשׁ, lidrosh) and to explore (לָתוּר, latur).”sn As the repetition of the term לֵב (lev,“heart” or “...