Hebrew Interlinear
Ecclesiastes 12:5 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Ecclesiastes 12:5, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“ of that which is high Also when they shall be afraid and fears shall be in the way shall flourish and the almond tree shall be a burden and the grasshopper shall fail and desire goeth because man home to his long go about the streets and the mourners”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | גַּ֣ם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 2 | מִגָּבֹ֤הַּ | H1364 | of that which is high | elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant |
| 3 | יִרָ֙אוּ֙ | H3372 | Also when they shall be afraid | to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten |
| 4 | וְחַתְחַתִּ֣ים | H2849 | and fears | terror |
| 5 | בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ | H1870 | shall be in the way | a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb |
| 6 | וְיָנֵ֤אץ | H5006 | shall flourish | to scorn; or (in ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for h5132, to bloom |
| 7 | הַשָּׁקֵד֙ | H8247 | and the almond tree | the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom) |
| 8 | וְיִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל | H5445 | shall be a burden | to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid |
| 9 | הֶֽחָגָ֔ב | H2284 | and the grasshopper | a locust |
| 10 | וְתָפֵ֖ר | H6565 | shall fail | to break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate |
| 11 | הָֽאֲבִיּוֹנָ֑ה | H35 | and desire | provocative of desire; the caper berry (from its stimulative taste) |
| 12 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 13 | הֹלֵ֤ךְ | H1980 | goeth | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 14 | הָאָדָם֙ | H120 | because man | ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) |
| 15 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 16 | בֵּ֣ית | H1004 | home | a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) |
| 17 | עוֹלָמ֔וֹ | H5769 | to his long | properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial |
| 18 | וְסָבְב֥וּ | H5437 | go about | to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively |
| 19 | בַשּׁ֖וּק | H7784 | the streets | a street (as run over) |
| 20 | הַסּוֹפְדִֽים׃ | H5594 | and the mourners | properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as middle easterners do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail |
Verse Context
Ecclesiastes 12:4shall be shut And the doors in the streets is low at the voice of the grinding...
Ecclesiastes 12:5 (current) of that which is high Also when they shall be afraid and fears shall be in the way shall flourish and the almond tree shall be a burden and the grasshopper shall fail and desire goeth because man home to his long go about the streets and the mourners
Ecclesiastes 12:6 Or ever cord the silver...