Ecclesiastes 6:4

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

כי כִּי־

for

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כי

kîy

Definition

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

Root

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

Exhaustive

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3588

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כִּי

masculine noun • Root כוה • Strongs / High • Page 690

A prick, mark, stigma; a brand.

כִּי

relative conjunction • Root כי • Strongs / High • Page 690

A pronominal root used as a relative conjunction. 1. usually a relative particle, that, quod, to denote the relation of the preceding to the following clause, such as in indirect and direct speech.

כִּי

particle / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 691

A versatile particle with several primary meanings. 1. As a conjunction, it can introduce an exclamation, a question, or an emphatic confirmation, and is sometimes translated as 'that'. 2. As a relative particle of time, it means 'when', 'if', 'since', 'as', 'as often as'. 3. As a causal particle, it means 'because' or 'for'. 4. As a particle of consequence, it can mean 'so' or 'then'.

כִּי

conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 692

A relative conjunction with a wide range of meanings depending on context. Causal: 'for', 'because'. Adversative: 'but', 'nay but', 'nay for', 'no', 'but yes', 'but indeed', 'but yet'. Comparative: 'but now'. Concessive: 'although'. Consequential: 'for which reason'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כִּי

m. subst. • Root כוה • Page 314

I. a mark burnt in, a brand, stigma. Is. 3: 24.

כִּי

primitive particle • Page 314

II. Probably a relative pronoun, i. q. אֲשֶׁר (Gen. 4:25). Used as a conj.: 1. that (Gen. 1:4). 2. for, because (Gen. 3:14). 3. if (Ex. 3:21). 4. when (Hos. 11:1). 5. yet, although (Ps. 116:10). 6. but (Gen. 45:8). 7. yea rather (Ps. 44:23). 8. often used at the beginning of a proposition (Zech. 3:8). 9. at the beginning of the apodosis (Gen. 22:17).

Particle

LXX: ὅτι γὰρ ἐὰν διότι ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3588a:

ὅτι 2030× (53.1%)

γὰρ 394× (10.3%)

ἐὰν 276× (7.0%)

διότι 259× (6.8%)

--- 158× (4.1%)

ἀλλ' 114× (2.9%)

'' 76× (1.7%)

ὅταν 55× (1.4%)

καὶ 49× (1.3%)

γάρ 44× (1.2%)

בהבל בַהֶבֶל

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

הבל

hebel

Definition

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

Root

or (rarely in the abs.) הבל; from H1891 (הבל);

Exhaustive

or (rarely in the abs.) הבל; from הבל; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1892

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הֶבֶל

noun masculine • Root הבל • Strongs / High • Page 386

1. A breath, an aura, which passes away quickly. 2. Figuratively, a thing that is vain, fruitless; nonsense, foolishness; something transitory.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הֲבֵל

noun • Page 179

Idem, with Chaldaic form. Found in the phrase הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים (vanity of vanities). Ecc. 1:2, 12:8.

הֶבֶל

noun masculine • Root הבל • Page 178

1. breath, vapour, an image of transientness. Job 7:16, Prov. 13:11, Ps. 39:6, Ecc. 1:2. 2. figuratively something vain, foolish, or of no value. Lam. 4:17, Jer. 10:3, 8. 3. especially idols, idolatry. 2 K. 17:15, Jer. 2:5, Deut. 32:21, Ps. 31:7, Jon. 2:9.

הֶבֶל

proper name • Page 179

Abel (Adam's second son). The name probably means transientness or short continuance, referring to his early death. Gen. 4:2.

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ματαιότησ μάταια ματαιότητόσ ματαιοτήτων ματαιότητι

LXX Usage Statistics

H1892:

ματαιότησ 28× (39.1%)

μάταια 6× (8.4%)

ματαιότητόσ 3× (4.2%)

ματαιοτήτων 3× (4.2%)

ματαιότητι 3× (3.8%)

ματαίοισ 3× (2.9%)

ματαιότητα 2× (2.8%)

μάταιά 2× (2.8%)

μάταιοι 2× (2.8%)

μάτην 2× (2.8%)

בא בָּא

he has come

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בוא

bôwʼ

Definition

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H935

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בּוֹא

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 224

1. To go, to wander; usually with announcing the limit of one's going. 2. To arrive, to come at (distinguished from הָלַךְ in expressing the limit of going). In this sense metaphorically: a) to be born, to appear; b) to reach to one, to be equal to him; c) to reach inanimate things; d) to come upon, to fall upon (suddenly), e.g., of an enemy or calamity; e) to come to pass, to be fulfilled (of wishes, promises); f) of inanimate things, to come near; g) applied to time; h) with the preposition בְּ, to come with somewhat, i.e., to bring.

בּוֹא

verb • Root בוא • Strongs_Numbers • Page 225

To go in, to enter, to come; to arrive; to go down (of the sun).

בּוֹא

verb • Root בוא • Strongs_Numbers • Page 755

to come to

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בּוֹא

verb • Page 88

1. to go or come in, to enter. Gen. 6:18. Frequently opposed to יָצָא. 2. to lie with a woman, inire feminam. Gen. 16:2. 3. spoken of the sun, to set, go down (below the horizon). Gen. 15:17. 28:11.

בּוֹא

verb • Page 89

To go in, to enter, to come. Includes many specific idioms: to conduct oneself (Josh. 15:18); to come in as revenue (1 K. 10:14); to enter into a covenant (2 Chr. 15:12); to come upon someone or befall them (Lam. 1:10); to come to pass or be fulfilled (Prov. 13:12); to bring something (with ב, Ps. 66:13); to obtain (Ps. 69:28). Hiphil: to bring in, carry in, or lead (2 Sam. 9:10). Hophal: passive (Lev. 10:18).

Verb Qal perfect third person masculine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0935:

No stats available

ובחשך וּבַחֹשֶׁךְ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חשך

chôshek

Definition

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

Root

from H2821 (חשך);

Exhaustive

from חשך; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2822

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָשַׁךְ

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 540

To be dark, to be obscured. Used literally for celestial bodies, light, eyes, or a land, and figuratively for mental or political obscuration, misfortune, or a low condition.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָשַׂךְ

verb • Root חשך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 541

To hold, to hold back, to keep off, to withhold, detain, refuse; to keep from, deliver; to save, keep far from, spare; to keep back, reserve; to give a check to, put a stop to; to snatch; to give abundantly; to moderate. Nif. (נֶחֱשַׂךְ): to be held in, moderated; to be delivered.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָשֵׁךְ

adjective • Root חשך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 541

dark, low, poor, mean; obscure, low people.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָשַׁךְ

verb • Root חשך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 541

To veil, to cover; its fundamental significance is related to darkness as a veiling of light. Hif. (הֶחֱשִׁיךְ): 1. to make dark, to darken. 2. Figuratively, to darken, to confuse.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֹשֶׁךְ

masculine noun • Root חשך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 541

1. darkness, as opposed to light; duskishness, a dark night, dark cloud, dark shadow. 2. Figuratively: helplessness, dark sheol, the grave, a prison, danger, misfortune, misery, death, wretchedness. 3. darkness of the understanding, i.e., ignorance, short-sightedness; falsehood, injustice; sadness.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָשַׁךְ

verb • Page 255

to be darkened, obscured, dim; spoken of the light of the sun, Job 18:6. Is. 5:30. 13:10. Ex. 10:15. Lam. 5:17. Ps. 69:24. Ecc. 12:3. Hiph. to make dark, Am. 5:8. Metaphorically Job 38:2. Intrans. to be dark, Ps. 139:12. Jer. 13:16.

חֹשֶׁךְ

m. verbal from חָשַׁךְ / dec. vi. m. • Root חשך • Page 255

1. darkness. Gen. 1:2 ff. hence hades, the regions of the dead, Ps. 88:13. 2. used metaphorically for (1.) misfortune, Is. 9:1. (2.) sadness, Ecc. 5:16. (3.) ignorance, Job 37:19.

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: σκότοσ σκότει σκότουσ ---% ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H2822:

σκότοσ 40× (48.6%)

σκότει 15× (15.2%)

σκότουσ 12× (14.6%)

---% 3× (3.1%)

--- 2× (2.6%)

pἐν 2× (2.6%)

ילך יֵלֵךְ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הלך

hâlak

Definition

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

Root

akin to H3212 (ילך); a primitive root;

Exhaustive

akin to ילך; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1980

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָלַךְ

verb • Strongs / High • Page 401

An intransitive verb meaning to go, to walk, or to move forward in the widest sense. It applies to people, animals, and inanimate objects (e.g., a border extending, a report spreading, a ship sailing, the moon walking). The fundamental signification is varied by numerous prepositions indicating direction or manner, such as to go to/against (אֶל), to go with/accompany (עִם), to go after/follow (אַחֲרֵי), and to go before (לִפְנֵי).

הָלַךְ

verb • Root הלך • Strongs / High • Page 402

To go, to walk; to disappear, pass, retire; to stalk; also used as an auxiliary verb.

הָלַךְ

verb • Root הלך • Strongs / High • Page 755

to go to

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הָלַךְ

verb • Root הלך • Page 186

To go, in whatever manner; applied to things animate and inanimate (e.g., ark floating, boundary extending, report circulating). Various constructions include: (1) with accusative 'to go through' (Deut. 1:19); (2) with 'ב' 'to go with' (Ex. 10:9); (3) with 'עם' or 'את' 'to be conversant with' (Job 34:8); (4) with 'אַחֲרֵי' 'to go after, follow' (Gen. 24:5, 37:17).

הָלַךְ

verb • Root הלך • Page 187

To go, walk. (Continued senses on this page): 2. To walk, figuratively for to live. Ps. 15:2, Is. 33:15, Mic. 2:11. 3. To depart, to die. Gen. 15:2, Ps. 39:14. 4. To pass away, to perish. Ps. 78:39, Job 19:10, 14:20. 5. To run, flow (spoken of water). Is. 8:8, Joel 4:18, Ezek. 7:17, 21:12. 6. To go on, continue, last. Gen. 26:13, Judg. 4:24, 1 Sam. 14:19, 2 Sam. 5:10, 18:25, Gen. 8:3.

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐπορεύθη ἐπορεύθησαν δεῦρο πορεύεσθαι ἀπῆλθεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1980:

ἐπορεύθη 192× (11.4%)

ἐπορεύθησαν 77× (4.7%)

δεῦρο 53× (3.5%)

πορεύεσθαι 52× (3.0%)

ἀπῆλθεν 50× (3.0%)

πορευθῆναι 39× (2.3%)

πορεύου 35× (2.3%)

πορεύσονται 35× (2.2%)

πορεύσομαι 34× (2.2%)

ἐπορεύετο 33× (2.1%)

ובחשך וּבַחֹשֶׁךְ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חשך

chôshek

Definition

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

Root

from H2821 (חשך);

Exhaustive

from חשך; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2822

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָשַׁךְ

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 540

To be dark, to be obscured. Used literally for celestial bodies, light, eyes, or a land, and figuratively for mental or political obscuration, misfortune, or a low condition.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָשַׂךְ

verb • Root חשך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 541

To hold, to hold back, to keep off, to withhold, detain, refuse; to keep from, deliver; to save, keep far from, spare; to keep back, reserve; to give a check to, put a stop to; to snatch; to give abundantly; to moderate. Nif. (נֶחֱשַׂךְ): to be held in, moderated; to be delivered.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָשֵׁךְ

adjective • Root חשך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 541

dark, low, poor, mean; obscure, low people.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָשַׁךְ

verb • Root חשך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 541

To veil, to cover; its fundamental significance is related to darkness as a veiling of light. Hif. (הֶחֱשִׁיךְ): 1. to make dark, to darken. 2. Figuratively, to darken, to confuse.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֹשֶׁךְ

masculine noun • Root חשך • Consonantal / Medium • Page 541

1. darkness, as opposed to light; duskishness, a dark night, dark cloud, dark shadow. 2. Figuratively: helplessness, dark sheol, the grave, a prison, danger, misfortune, misery, death, wretchedness. 3. darkness of the understanding, i.e., ignorance, short-sightedness; falsehood, injustice; sadness.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָשַׁךְ

verb • Page 255

to be darkened, obscured, dim; spoken of the light of the sun, Job 18:6. Is. 5:30. 13:10. Ex. 10:15. Lam. 5:17. Ps. 69:24. Ecc. 12:3. Hiph. to make dark, Am. 5:8. Metaphorically Job 38:2. Intrans. to be dark, Ps. 139:12. Jer. 13:16.

חֹשֶׁךְ

m. verbal from חָשַׁךְ / dec. vi. m. • Root חשך • Page 255

1. darkness. Gen. 1:2 ff. hence hades, the regions of the dead, Ps. 88:13. 2. used metaphorically for (1.) misfortune, Is. 9:1. (2.) sadness, Ecc. 5:16. (3.) ignorance, Job 37:19.

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: σκότοσ σκότει σκότουσ ---% ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H2822:

σκότοσ 40× (48.6%)

σκότει 15× (15.2%)

σκότουσ 12× (14.6%)

---% 3× (3.1%)

--- 2× (2.6%)

pἐν 2× (2.6%)

שמו שְׁמוֹ

his name

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שם

shêm

Definition

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

Root

a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare H8064 (שמים));

Exhaustive

a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare שמים); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character; [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8034

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1442

A sign, a memorial, a token, a mark, and therefore a name. (Includes usage regarding calling or inscribing a name).

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1442

Metaphor: The internal essence as outwardly revealed and known as operative; hence of God (the Divine Essence, Presence, Protection, or Power).

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1442

Fame, renown, fama, an honourable name. Also used to denote a good name, sweet scent (assonance), bad reputation, or posterity (name after death).

שֵׁם

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1442

Proper noun: The oldest son of Noah (Gen. 5, 32), progenitor of the Semites.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׁם

m. constr. • Page 683

1. a name; a celebrated name, celebrity, renown. Gen. 6: 4, Num. 16: 2. 2. a rumour, report. Deut. 22: 14. 3. the name of Jehovah, particularly his praise or glory. Ps. 79: 9, Is. 48: 9.

שָׁם

adverb • Page 683

1. there. 2. thither (i.q. שָׁמָּה). 3. then (spoken of time). 4. thither/whither (with paragagic ה). Gen. 13: 3, 1 Sam. 2: 14, Ps. 14: 5, Gen. 19: 20.

שֻׁם

m. chald. • Page 684

A name. References: Dan. 4:5 [4:8]; Ezra 5:1. With suffix שֻׁמֵּהּ (from שֵׁם) Dan. 2:20, 26; 4:5 [4:8]; 5:12. Ezra 5:14: 'and they were given to Sheshbazzar, as his name was'.

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: ὄνομα ὄνομά ὀνόματι ὀνόματί ὀνόματα

LXX Usage Statistics

H8034:

ὄνομα 400× (45.4%)

ὄνομά 128× (14.3%)

ὀνόματι 86× (9.2%)

ὀνόματί 62× (6.4%)

ὀνόματα 50× (5.6%)

ὀνομάτων 22× (2.8%)

ὀνόματοσ 17× (1.8%)

ὀνόματόσ 15× (1.6%)

'' 15× (1.7%)

αὐτῆσ 10× (0.9%)

יכסה יְכֻסֶּה׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כסה

kâçâh

Definition

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy); clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare כשה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3680

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּסָה

verb • Root כסה • Strongs / High • Page 717

To cover, as with a lid; to clothe; to envelop, as with a veil; to enclose; to cover over or conceal sin, shame, or knowledge.

כָּסָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1285

(Not used) transitive, to receive, to keep, of hollowed vessels.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כָּסָה

verb • Page 323

In Kal found only in the participles (Prov. 12:16, 23; Ps. 32:1). Pi. 1. to cover (Ex. 10:5; Num. 9:15). 2. to cover or clothe one’s self (Gen. 38:14; Jon. 3:6). 3. to conceal, to keep secret (Prov. 10:18; Job 31:33). 4. to cover or pardon (sin) (Prov. 10:12; Ps. 32:1). 5. to discover one's self to any one (Ps. 143:9). Pu. pass. to be covered (1 Chr. 21:16; Ps. 80:11). Niph. pass. (Jer. 51:42). Hithpa. to clothe one’s self (1 K. 11:29; Jon. 3:8).

Verb Pual imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐκάλυψεν καλύψει περιεβάλετο κατακαλύπτον ἐπεκάλυψεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3680:

ἐκάλυψεν 27× (16.7%)

καλύψει 12× (7.4%)

περιεβάλετο 5× (3.1%)

κατακαλύπτον 5× (2.8%)

ἐπεκάλυψεν 4× (2.3%)

καλύψουσιν 4× (2.3%)

καλύψαι 4× (2.6%)

'' 3× (1.7%)

κρύπτει 3× (1.9%)

κατακαλύψει 3× (2.0%)

RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
For in vanity he came, and in darkness he will go away, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

LITV Translation:
For he comes in with vanity, and goes out in darkness; his name shall be covered in darkness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, And his name shall be covered in darkness.