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Ecclesiastes 2:6

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

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עָשִׂ֥יתִיasitidoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…לִ֖יlitoלִ֖יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toבְּרֵכ֣וֹתberekhotpoolבְּרֵכָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “pool”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1295a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)(fish-) pool.מָ֑יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).לְהַשְׁק֣וֹתlehashqotto cause to drinkשָׁקָהpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to cause to drink”, the to-form of the verbH8248to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion tocause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).מֵהֶ֔םmehemfromמֵהֶ֔םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from”fromיַ֖עַרyaarcombיַעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “comb”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)(honey-) comb, forest, wood.צוֹמֵ֥חַtsomechabearצָמַחverb, qal, participle, construct — “bear”, a verb used as a describing wordH6779to 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).עֵצִֽיםetsimtreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the wood springing up with trees;

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American Standard Version (1901)

I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;

Young’s Literal Translation

I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

World English Bible

I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.

Darby Translation

I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.

Douay-Rheims

And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the wood springing up with trees;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐποίησά μοι κολυμβήθρας ὑδάτων τοῦ ποτίσαι ἀπʼ αὐτῶν δρυμὸν βλαστῶντα ξύλα.