and the doorsדְלָתַיִםon the streetבַּשּׁוּקare shut,וְסֻגְּרוּwhenבִּthe soundקוֹלof the millהַטַּחֲנָהis low,שְׁפַלand one risesוְיָקוּםat the voiceלְקוֹלof the bird,הַצִּפּוֹרand allכָּלthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof songהַשִּׁירare brought low;וְיִשַּׁחוּ
Ecclesiastes 12:4
Study it in the app“and 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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 12:4, word by word
- and the doorsדְלָתַיִםdelatayim
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delatayim” appears- on the streetשּׁוּקshuk
street
A street of a city.
Where else “shuk” appears- are shutסֻגְּרוּsugru
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “sugru” appears- the soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of the millטַּחֲנָהtachana
mill
A hand mill for grinding grain.
Where else “tachana” appears- is lowשְׁפַלshefal
low
Of small height.
Where else “shefal” appears- and one risesיָקוּםyakum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakum” appears- of the birdצִּפּוֹרtsipor
bird
Bird, small bird.
Where else “tsipor” appears- the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of songשִּׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appears- are brought lowיִשַּׁחוּyishachu
bow down
To bend the body down, whether in grief, in submission or to lie in wait.
Where else “yishachu” appears
The context
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,
4 · This verse (above)
5also of what is high they are afraid, and terrors are in the way; and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper grows heavy, and the caper fails, because the human being is going to his eternal house, and the mourners go around in the street;