Ecclesiastes 12:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”

Ecclesiastes 12:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 12:711 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/יָשֹׁ֧בwəyāšōb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

הֶ/עָפָ֛רheʿāpār

ashesparticleH6083

dust · earth · ground · morter ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/אָ֖רֶץhāʾāreṣ

earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

כְּ/שֶׁ/הָיָ֑הkəšehāyāh

beaconpronH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

וְ/הָ/ר֣וּחַwəhārwḥa

airconjH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

תָּשׁ֔וּבtāšwb

((breakverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖יםhāʾĕlōhiym

GodparticleH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

נְתָנָֽ/הּnətānāh

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

ℹWords 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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