Ecclesiastes 1:2
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
הֶבֶל
Vanity, breath, emptiness. Hebel. A breath that vanishes, emptiness. Ecclesiastes says everything apart from God is hebel. It looks solid but it is vapor. Only God endures.
כֹּל
All
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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קֹהֶלֶת
Teacher
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קֹהֶלֶת
a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth)
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