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Ecclesiastes 12:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:


Ecclesiastes 12:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 12:520 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּ֣םgam
againparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
מִ/גָּבֹ֤הַּmigābōha
haughtypronH1364
height · high · lofty · proud ···
יִרָ֨אוּ֙yirāʾw
affrightverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
וְ/חַתְחַתִּ֣יםwəḥatəḥatiym
fearconjH2849
בַּ/דֶּ֔רֶךְbaderekə
alongpronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
וְ/יָנֵ֤אץwəyānēʾṣ
abhorconjH5006
blaspheme · contemn · despise · flourish ···
הַ/שָּׁקֵד֙hašāqēd
almondparticleH8247
וְ/יִסְתַּבֵּ֣לwəyisətabēl
bearconjH5445
be a burden · carry · strong to labour
הֶֽ/חָגָ֔בheḥāgāb
locustparticleH2284
וְ/תָפֵ֖רwətāpēr
breakconjH6565
any ways · cast off · cause to cease · clean ···
הָֽ/אֲבִיּוֹנָ֑הhāʾăbiywōnāh
desireparticleH35
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הֹלֵ֤ךְhōlēkə
alongverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
הָ/אָדָם֙hāʾādām
man (meanparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּ֣יתbēyt
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
עוֹלָמ֔/וֹʿwōlāmwō
alwaynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
וְ/סָבְב֥וּwəsābəbw
bringconjH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
בָ/שּׁ֖וּקbāšwq
streetpronH7784
הַ/סֹּפְדִֽיםhasōpədiym
lamentparticleH5594
mourn · wail
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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