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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1בַּיּ֗וֹםH3117In the daya 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
2שֶׁיָּזֻ֙עוּ֙H2111shall trembleproperly, to shake off, i.e., (figuratively) to agitate (as with fear)
3שֹׁמְרֵ֣יH8104when the keepersproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
4הַבַּ֔יִתH1004of the housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
5וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּH5791shall bowto wrest
6אַנְשֵׁ֣יH376a 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)
7הֶחָ֑יִלH2428and the strongprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
8וּבָטְל֤וּH988ceaseto desist from labor
9הַטֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙H2912themselves and the grindersto grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment)
10כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
11מִעֵ֔טוּH4591because they are fewproperly, to pare off, i.e., lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
12וְחָשְׁכ֥וּH2821be darkenedto be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
13הָרֹא֖וֹתH7200and those that look outto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
14בָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃H699of the windowsa 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...

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