Study it in the app“And remember your Creator in the days of your young manhood, before the days of evil come and years arrive of which you will say, “I have no delight in them”;”
And rememberוּזְכֹרyour Creatorאֶת בּוֹרְאֶיךָin the daysבִּימֵיof your young manhood,בְּחוּרֹתֶיךָbeforeעַד אֲשֶׁר לֹאthe daysיְמֵיof evilהָרָעָהcomeיָבֹאוּand yearsשָׁנִיםarriveוְהִגִּיעוּof whichאֲשֶׁרyou will say,תֹּאמַר“I have noאֵין לִיdelightחֵפֶץin them”;בָהֶם
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zechor” appearscreate
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “bore” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsyouth
Youth.
Where else “bechurote” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appearsreach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “higiu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appearsdelight
What pleases someone.
Where else “chefets” appears“Your Creator”: in Hebrew the word has a plural form. Verses 12:2-6 can be understood as a description of old age in images.
1 · This verse (above)
2before the sun is darkened, and the light, and the moon and the stars, and the clouds return after the rain;
