Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 12:3 Interlinear
“In the day shall tremble when the keepers of the house shall bow and the strong cease themselves and the grinders because they are few be darkened and those that look out of the windows”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | בַּיּ֗וֹם | H3117 | In the day | a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso |
| 2 | שֶׁיָּזֻ֙עוּ֙ | H2111 | shall tremble | properly, to shake off, i.e., (figuratively) to agitate (as with fear) |
| 3 | שֹׁמְרֵ֣י | H8104 | when the keepers | properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc |
| 4 | הַבַּ֔יִת | H1004 | of the house | a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) |
| 5 | וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ | H5791 | shall bow | to wrest |
| 6 | אַנְשֵׁ֣י | H376 | a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | |
| 7 | הֶחָ֑יִל | H2428 | and the strong | probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength |
| 8 | וּבָטְל֤וּ | H988 | cease | to desist from labor |
| 9 | הַטֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙ | H2912 | themselves and the grinders | to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment) |
| 10 | כִּ֣י | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 11 | מִעֵ֔טוּ | H4591 | because they are few | properly, to pare off, i.e., lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective) |
| 12 | וְחָשְׁכ֥וּ | H2821 | be darkened | to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken |
| 13 | הָרֹא֖וֹת | H7200 | and those that look out | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) |
| 14 | בָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃ | H699 | of the windows | a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water) |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 12:2 be not darkened While the sun or the light...
Ecclesiastes 12:3 (current)In the day shall tremble when the keepers of the house shall bow and the strong cease themselves and the grinders because they are few be darkened and those that look out of the windows
Ecclesiastes 12:4shall be shut And the doors in the streets is low at the voice of the grinding...