Ecclesiastes 2:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
I madeעָשִׂ֥יתִי
(a·si·ti)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
pondsבְּרֵכֹ֣ות
(be·re·cho·vt)
1295: a pool, pondfrom barak
of waterמָ֑יִם
(ma·yim;)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
for myself from which to irrigateלְהַשְׁקֹ֣ות
(le·hash·ko·vt)
8248: cause to drink water, give to drinka prim. root
a forestיַ֖עַר
(ya·'ar)
3293a: wood, forest, thicketfrom an unused word
of growingצֹומֵ֥חַ
(tzo·v·me·ach)
6779: to sprout, spring upa prim. root
trees.עֵצִֽים׃
(e·tzim.)
6086: tree, trees, woodfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
I made
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
me pools
brekah  (ber-ay-kaw')
a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place) -- (fish-)pool.
of water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
to water
shaqah  (shaw-kaw')
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to -- cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water.
therewith the wood
ya`ar  (yah'-ar)
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) -- (honey-)comb, forest, wood.
that bringeth forth
tsamach  (tsaw-makh')
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative) -- bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
trees
`ets  (ates)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees.

King James Bible
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I constructed reservoirs of water for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.

International Standard Version
I built for myself water reservoirs to irrigate forests that produce trees.

NET Bible
I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I made pools to water the forest of growing trees.

King James 2000 Bible
I made myself pools of water, with which to water the forest that brings forth trees:
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