Study it in the app“on 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,”
on the dayבַּיּוֹםwhenשֶׁthe keepersשֹׁמְרֵיof the houseהַבַּיִתtremble,יָּזֻעוּand the menאַנְשֵׁיof vigorהֶחָיִלstoop,וְהִתְעַוְּתוּand those who grindהַטֹּחֲנוֹתceaseוּבָטְלוּbecauseכִּיthey are few,מִעֵטוּand those who lookהָרֹאוֹתthrough the windowsבָּאֲרֻבּוֹתgrow dark,וְחָשְׁכוּ
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsguard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomre” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearstremble
To quake with awe or fear before someone.
Where else “yazuu” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsvalor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appearspervert, make crooked
To bend, to pervert; to make what is straight crooked. Said above all of justice and right.
Where else “hitavtu” appearsgrind
Grind.
Where else “tochanot” appearscease
To cease, to stop working.
Where else “vatlu” appearsbe few, too small
Be few, be too small for something; make few, reduce.
Where else “mietu” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “root” appearswindow
An opening in a house wall through which light and air come in.
Where else “arubot” appearsgrow dark
Grow dark; darken.
Where else “chashchu” appears2before the sun is darkened, and the light, and the moon and the stars, and the clouds return after the rain;
3 · This verse (above)
4and the doors on the street are shut, when the sound of the mill is low, and one rises at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;
