הבל הבלים
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ecclesiastes 1:2 (see quotation).
Noun[edit]
הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים • (havél havalím) m
- vanity, foolishness, rubbish
- Tanach, Ecclesiastes 1:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים אָמַר קֹהֶלֶת הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים הַכֹּל הָבֶל׃
- havél havalím 'amár kohélet havél havalím hakól hável.
- Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.