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Ecclesiastes 12:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.


Ecclesiastes 12:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 12:618 words
HebrewMeaning
עַ֣דʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
ירחקyrḥq
(a-verbH7368
be · cast · drive · get ···
יֵרָתֵק֙yērātēq
bindverbH7576
חֶ֣בֶלḥebel
bandnounH2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
הַ/כֶּ֔סֶףhakesep
moneyparticleH3701
price · silver
וְ/תָרֻ֖ץwətāruṣ
breakconjH7533
bruise · crush · discourage · oppress ···
גֻּלַּ֣תgulat
bowlnounH1543
pommel · spring
הַ/זָּהָ֑בhazāhāb
goldparticleH2091
fair weather
וְ/תִשָּׁ֤בֶרwətišāber
break (downconjH7665
off · in pieces · up) · broken ···
כַּד֙kad
barrelnounH3537
pitcher
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מַּבּ֔וּעַhamabwʿa
fountainparticleH4002
spring
וְ/נָרֹ֥ץwənārōṣ
breakconjH7533
bruise · crush · discourage · oppress ···
הַ/גַּלְגַּ֖לhagaləgal
heavenparticleH1534
rolling thing · wheel
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/בּֽוֹרhabwōr
cisternparticleH953
dungeon · fountain · pit · well
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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