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beforeעַד אֲשֶׁר לֹאthe sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁis darkened,תֶחְשַׁךְand the light,וְהָאוֹרand the moonוְהַיָּרֵחַand the stars,וְהַכּוֹכָבִיםand the cloudsהֶעָבִיםreturnוְשָׁבוּafterאַחַרthe rain;הַגָּשֶׁם
Ecclesiastes 12:2
Study it in the app“before the sun is darkened, and the light, and the moon and the stars, and the clouds return after the rain;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 12:2, word by word
- the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- is darkenedתֶחְשַׁךְtechshach
grow dark
Grow dark; darken.
Where else “techshach” appears- and the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- and the moonיָּרֵחַyareach
moon
Moon.
Where else “yareach” appears- and the starsכּוֹכָבִיםkochavim
star
Star.
Where else “kochavim” appears- and the cloudsעָבִיםavim
thick cloud
A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.
Where else “avim” appears- returnשָׁבוּshavu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavu” appears- the rainגָּשֶׁםgashem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “gashem” appears
The context
1And 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”;
2 · This verse (above)
3on the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the men of vigor stoop, and those who grind cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows grow dark,