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Ecclesiastes 12:3 — King James Version← Study notes

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,


Ecclesiastes 12:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 12:314 words
HebrewMeaning
בַּ/יּ֗וֹםbaywōm
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
שֶׁ/יָּזֻ֨עוּ֙šeyāzuʿw
moveparticleH2111
tremble · vex
שֹׁמְרֵ֣יšōmərēy
bewardverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/בַּ֔יִתhabayit
houseparticleH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
וְ/הִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּwəhitəʿawətw
bow selfconjH5791
crooked · falsifying · overthrow · deal perversely ···
אַנְשֵׁ֣יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הֶ/חָ֑יִלheḥāyil
ableparticleH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
וּ/בָטְל֤וּwbāṭəlw
ceaseconjH988
הַ/טֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙haṭōḥănwōt
grindparticleH2912
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִעֵ֔טוּmiʿēṭw
suffer to decreaseverbH4591
diminish · (be · borrow a · give ···
וְ/חָשְׁכ֥וּwəḥāšəkw
be blackconjH2821
be dark · darken · cause darkness · be dim ···
הָ/רֹא֖וֹתhārōʾwōt
advise selfparticleH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בָּ/אֲרֻבּֽוֹתbāʾărubwōt
chimneypronH699
window
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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