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Ecclesiastes 12:2 — King James Version← Study notes

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:


Ecclesiastes 12:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 12:212 words
HebrewMeaning
עַ֠דʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תֶחְשַׁ֤ךְteḥəšakə
be blackverbH2821
be dark · darken · cause darkness · be dim ···
הַ/שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙hašemeš
sunparticleH8121
east side · west · window. See also
וְ/הָ/א֔וֹרwəhāʾwōr
brightconjH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
וְ/הַ/יָּרֵ֖חַwəhayārēḥa
moon. Yrechow. SeeconjH3394
וְ/הַ/כּוֹכָבִ֑יםwəhakwōkābiym
starconjH3556
וְ/שָׁ֥בוּwəšābw
((breakconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
הֶ/עָבִ֖יםheʿābiym
clayparticleH5645
cloud · thick · thicket. Compare
אַחַ֥רʾaḥar
after (thatpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
הַ/גָּֽשֶׁםhagāšem
rainparticleH1653
shower
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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