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Ecclesiastes 12:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;


Ecclesiastes 12:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 12:119 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/זְכֹר֙wzəkōr
and rememberconjH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔י/ךָbwōrəʾeykā
creator yourverbH1254
create · cut down · dispatch · do ···
בִּ/ימֵ֖יbiymēy
in the days ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑י/ךָbəḥwrōteykā
youth yournounH979
youth
עַ֣דʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָבֹ֨אוּ֙yābōʾw
they will comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
יְמֵ֣יyəmēy
the days ofnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הָֽ/רָעָ֔הhārāʿāh
evilparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וְ/הִגִּ֣יעוּwəhigiyʿw
and they will arriveconjH5060
bring · cast · come · draw near ···
שָׁנִ֔יםšāniym
yearsnounH8141
whole age · long · old
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
תֹּאמַ֔רtōʾmar
you will sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵֽיןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לִ֥/יliy
pron
בָ/הֶ֖םbāhem
pron
חֵֽפֶץḥēpeṣ
pleasurenounH2656
delight · desire · things desired · matter ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Tobias van der BergNote1mo ago
Transformation through the Word - Ecclesiastes 12
This connects directly to the promise made to Abraham. I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts. When we read t...
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