Ecclesiastes 12:4

“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;”

Ecclesiastes 12:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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The Preacher: remember your Creator in your youth, before the spirit returns to ElohimDeath and Eternal Life

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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.

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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.

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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;

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