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fashion, accomplish, make <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to do, work, make, produce <BR> 1a1a) to do <BR> 1a1b) to work <BR> 1a1c) to deal (with) <BR> 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect <BR> 1a2) to make <BR> 1a2a) to make <BR> 1a2b) to produce <BR> 1a2c) to prepare <BR> 1a2d) to make (an offering) <BR> 1a2e) to attend to, put in order <BR> 1a2f) to observe, celebrate <BR> 1a2g) to acquire (property) <BR> 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute <BR> 1a2i) to bring about <BR> 1a2j) to use <BR> 1a2k) to spend, pass <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be done <BR> 1b2) to be made <BR> 1b3) to be produced <BR> 1b4) to be offered <BR> 1b5) to be observed <BR> 1b6) to be used <BR> 1c) (Pual) to be made <BR> 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze">6213</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6213 -- Occurrence 2018 of 2628">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">עָשִׂ֥יתִי<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/asiti_6213.htm" title="'a·Si·ti: made -- Occurrence 50 of 79.">‘ā-śî-ṯî</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">I made</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular">V-Qal-Perf-1cs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"> </span> </td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לִ֖י<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm" title="li">lî</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">myself</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition :: first person common singular">Prep | 1cs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1295.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1295: 1) pool, pond">1295</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1295.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1295 -- Occurrence 11 of 17">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">בְּרֵכ֣וֹת<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/berechot_1295.htm" title="be·re·Chot: ponds -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">bə-rê-ḵō-wṯ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">pools</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine plural construct">N-fpc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4325: 1) water, waters <BR> 1a) water <BR> 1b) water of the feet, urine <BR> 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)">4325</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4325 -- Occurrence 414 of 581">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מָ֑יִם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mayim_4325.htm" title="Ma·yim;: of water -- Occurrence 154 of 244.">mā-yim;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">water</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine plural">N-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8248.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8248: 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water <BR> 1a) (Hiphil) <BR> 1a1) to water, irrigate <BR> 1a2) to water, give drink to <BR> 1b) (Pual) to be watered <BR> 1c) (Niphal) variant">8248</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8248.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8248 -- Occurrence 46 of 61">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/lehashkot_8248.htm" title="le·hash·Kot: to irrigate -- Occurrence 3 of 5.">lə-haš-qō-wṯ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">to water</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct">Prep-l | V-Hifil-Inf</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who">1992</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1992 -- Occurrence 529 of 822">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מֵהֶ֔ם<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/mehem_1992.htm" title="me·Hem,: like -- Occurrence 57 of 92.">mê-hem,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">from which</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-m :: Pronoun - third person masculine plural">Prep-m | Pro-3mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3293.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3293: 1) forest, wood, thicket, wooded height">3293</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3293.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3293 -- Occurrence 24 of 58">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יַ֖עַר<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yaar_3293.htm" title="Ya·'ar: A forest -- Occurrence 14 of 24.">ya-‘ar</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the grove</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct">N-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6779.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6779: 1) to sprout, spring up, grow up <BR> 1a)(Qal) <BR> 1a1) to sprout, spring up <BR> 1a1a) of plants <BR> 1a1b) of hair <BR> 1a1c) of speech (fig.) <BR> 1b) (Piel) to grow abundantly or thickly <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) <BR> 1c1) to cause to grow <BR> 1c2) to cause to sprout">6779</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6779.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6779 -- Occurrence 20 of 33">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">צוֹמֵ֥חַ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/tzomeach_6779.htm" title="tzo·Me·ach: of growing -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">ṣō-w-mê-aḥ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">growing</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct">V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6086: 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows <BR> 1a) tree, trees <BR> 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax">6086</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6086 -- Occurrence 233 of 329">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">עֵצִֽים׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/etzim_6086.htm" title="'e·Tzim.: trees -- Occurrence 22 of 28.">‘ê-ṣîm.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the trees of</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a 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make">עָשִׂ֥יתִי</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com" title="li">לִ֖י</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1295.htm" title="be·re·cho·vt: ponds -- 1295: a pool, pond">בְּרֵכֹ֣ות</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4325.htm" title="ma·yim;: of water -- 4325: waters, water">מָ֑יִם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8248.htm" title="le·hash·ko·vt: to irrigate -- 8248: cause to drink water, give to drink">לְהַשְׁקֹ֣ות</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1992.htm" title="me·hem,: like -- 1992: they">מֵהֶ֔ם</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3293.htm" title="ya·'ar: A forest -- 3293: wood, forest, thicket">יַ֖עַר</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6779.htm" title="tzo·v·me·ach: of growing -- 6779: to sprout, spring up">צֹומֵ֥חַ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6086.htm" title="e·tzim.: trees -- 6086: tree, trees, wood">עֵצִֽים׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/ecclesiastes/2.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6213.htm" title="asah (aw-saw') -- accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy">I made</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1295.htm" title="brekah (ber-ay-kaw') -- (fish-)pool">me pools</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4325.htm" title="mayim (mah'-yim) -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring))">of water</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/8248.htm" title="shaqah (shaw-kaw') -- cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water">to water</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3293.htm" title="ya'ar (yah'-ar) -- (honey-)comb, forest, wood">therewith the wood</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6779.htm" title="tsamach (tsaw-makh') -- bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up)">that bringeth forth</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6086.htm" title="ets (ates) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood">trees</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/ecclesiastes/2.htm">קהלת 2:6 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">עָשִׂ֥יתִי לִ֖י בְּרֵכֹ֣ות מָ֑יִם לְהַשְׁקֹ֣ות מֵהֶ֔ם יַ֖עַר צֹומֵ֥חַ עֵצִֽים׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/ecclesiastes/2.htm">קהלת 2:6 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">עשיתי לי ברכות מים להשקות מהם יער צומח עצים׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/ecclesiastes/2.htm">קהלת 2:6 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">עשיתי לי ברכות מים להשקות מהם יער צומח עצים׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/ecclesiastes/2.htm">קהלת 2:6 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">עשיתי לי ברכות מים להשקות מהם יער צומח עצים׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/ecclesiastes/2-6.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/2.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ecclesiastes/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I constructed reservoirs of water for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">pools</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/nehemiah/2-14.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Nehemiah 2:14</span> Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/songs/7-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Songs 7:4</span> Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the fish pools in …</a></p><p class="hdg">to water</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 1:3</span> And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Jeremiah 17:8</span> For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:6</a> • <a 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