# kohelet (קֹהֶלֶת)

pronounced: ko-HEH-let


**The Preacher — the Hebrew name of Ecclesiastes and of its speaker, one who gathers an assembly and speaks to it**

## In Scripture

> The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
> — Ecclesiastes 1:1 (The title of the book and of its speaker: the son of David, king in Jerusalem.)

> I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
> — Ecclesiastes 1:12 (The Preacher speaks in his own voice and names himself king over Israel.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/kohelet/