Ifאִםthe cloudsהֶעָבִיםare fullיִמָּלְאוּof rain,גֶּשֶׁםon the earthעַל הָאָרֶץthey empty it;יָרִיקוּand ifוְאִםa treeעֵץfallsיִפּוֹלto the southבַּדָּרוֹםor to the north,וְאִם בַּצָּפוֹןin the placeמְקוֹםwhereשֶׁthe treeהָעֵץfalls,יִּפּוֹלthereשָׁםit will be.יְהוּא
Ecclesiastes 11:3
Study it in the app“If the clouds are full of rain, on the earth they empty it; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will be.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 11:3, word by word
- the cloudsעָבִיםavim
thick cloud
A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.
Where else “avim” appears- are fullיִמָּלְאוּyimalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “yimalu” appears- of rainגֶּשֶׁםgeshem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- they empty itיָרִיקוּyariku
empty
To leave a sack, jar or net without its contents, pouring them out.
Where else “yariku” appears- a treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- fallsיִפּוֹלyipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appears- to the southדָּרוֹםdarom
south
The south; in poetry, the south wind.
Where else “darom” appears- or to the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- in the placeמְקוֹםmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- it will beיְהוּאyehu
be
To exist or be in a certain state; to come to be something.
Where else “yehu” appears
The context
2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
3 · This verse (above)
4Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.