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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
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
מִ/גָּבֹ֤הַּmigābōha
from a high placepronH1364
height · high · lofty · proud ···
יִרָ֨אוּ֙yirāʾw
people will be afraidverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
וְ/חַתְחַתִּ֣יםwəḥatəḥatiym
and terrorsconjH2849
בַּ/דֶּ֔רֶךְbaderekə
are in the waypronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
וְ/יָנֵ֤אץwəyānēʾṣ
and it may blossomconjH5006
blaspheme · contemn · despise · flourish ···
הַ/שָּׁקֵד֙hašāqēd
the almond treeparticleH8247
וְ/יִסְתַּבֵּ֣לwəyisətabēl
so it may drag itself alongconjH5445
be a burden · carry · strong to labour
הֶֽ/חָגָ֔בheḥāgāb
the grasshopperparticleH2284
וְ/תָפֵ֖רwətāpēr
and it may failconjH6565
any ways · cast off · cause to cease · clean ···
הָֽ/אֲבִיּוֹנָ֑הhāʾăbiywōnāh
the caper-berryparticleH35
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הֹלֵ֤ךְhōlēkə
is goingverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
הָ/אָדָם֙hāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּ֣יתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
עוֹלָמ֔/וֹʿwōlāmwō
perpetuity itsnounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
וְ/סָבְב֥וּwəsābəbw
and they will go aboutconjH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
בָ/שּׁ֖וּקbāšwq
streetpronH7784
הַ/סֹּפְדִֽיםhasōpədiym
the mournersparticleH5594
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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