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Ecclesiastes 12:7 Interlinear

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

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Ecclesiastes 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	תָּשׁ֔וּב	H7725	return	to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
2	הֶעָפָ֛ר	H6083	Then shall the dust	dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
3	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
4	הָאָ֖רֶץ	H776	to the earth	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
5	כְּשֶׁהָיָ֑ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6	וְהָר֣וּחַ	H7307	as it was and the spirit	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
7	תָּשׁ֔וּב	H7725	return	to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
8	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
9	הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	H430	unto God	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
10	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
11	נְתָנָֽהּ׃	H5414	who gave	to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

Ecclesiastes 12:7 (current)return Then shall the dust to the earth as it was and the spirit return unto God who gave