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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
in the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
שֶׁ/יָּזֻ֨עוּ֙šeyāzuʿw
when they will trembleparticleH2111
tremble · vex
שֹׁמְרֵ֣יšōmərēy
the keepers ofverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/בַּ֔יִתhabayit
the houseparticleH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
וְ/הִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּwəhitəʿawətw
and they will bend themselvesconjH5791
crooked · falsifying · overthrow · deal perversely ···
אַנְשֵׁ֣יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הֶ/חָ֑יִלheḥāyil
strengthparticleH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
וּ/בָטְל֤וּwbāṭəlw
and they will ceaseconjH988
הַ/טֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙haṭōḥănwōt
the female grindersparticleH2912
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִעֵ֔טוּmiʿēṭw
they have become fewverbH4591
diminish · (be · borrow a · give ···
וְ/חָשְׁכ֥וּwəḥāšəkw
and they will grow dimconjH2821
be dark · darken · cause darkness · be dim ···
הָ/רֹא֖וֹתhārōʾwōt
the women who lookparticleH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בָּ/אֲרֻבּֽוֹתbāʾărubwōt
in the windowspronH699
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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