Ecclesiastes 1:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

Young's Literal Translation
And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known{.htm" title="{"> that even this [is] vexation of spirit;

King James Bible
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Hebrew
So I set
וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה (wā·’et·tə·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

my mind
לִבִּי֙ (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

to know
לָדַ֣עַת (lā·ḏa·‘aṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3045: To know

wisdom
חָכְמָ֔ה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2451: Wisdom

[and]
וְדַ֥עַת (wə·ḏa·‘aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3045: To know

madness
הוֹלֵל֖וֹת (hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1947: Madness

and folly;
וְשִׂכְל֑וּת (wə·śiḵ·lūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5531: Silliness

I learned
יָדַ֕עְתִּי (yā·ḏa‘·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that
זֶ֥ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

this,
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

too,
שֶׁגַּם־ (šeg·gam-)
Pronoun - relative | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

is a pursuit
רַעְי֥וֹן (ra‘·yō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7475: Longing, striving

of the wind.
רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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