alsoגַּםof what is highמִגָּבֹהַּthey are afraid,יִרָאוּandוְterrorsחַתְחַתִּיםare in the way;בַּדֶּרֶךְand the almond treeהַשָּׁקֵדblossoms,וְיָנֵאץand the grasshopperהֶחָגָבgrows heavy,וְיִסְתַּבֵּלand the caperהָאֲבִיּוֹנָהfails,וְתָפֵרbecauseכִּיthe human beingהָאָדָםis goingהֹלֵךְto his eternalעוֹלָמוֹhouse,אֶל בֵּיתand the mournersהַסֹּפְדִיםgo aroundוְסָבְבוּin the street;בָשּׁוּק
Ecclesiastes 12:5
Study it in the app“also 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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 12:5, word by word
- of what is highגָּבֹהַּgavoha
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gavoha” appears- they are afraidיִרָאוּyirau
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yirau” appears- terrorsחַתְחַתִּיםchatchatim
terror
Terror, sudden fright.
Where else “chatchatim” appears- are in the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- and the almond treeשָּׁקֵדshaked
almond
Almond; almond tree.
Where else “shaked” appears- blossomsיָנֵאץyanets
blossom
To bud into flower, to be covered with blossoms.
Where else “yanets” appears- and the grasshopperחָגָבchagav
grasshopper
Grasshopper, a small locust.
Where else “chagav” appears- grows heavyיִסְתַּבֵּלyistabel
grow heavy
To weigh down and become a burden, like the grasshopper in old age.
Where else “yistabel” appears- and the caperאֲבִיּוֹנָהaviyona
caper berry
Caper berry, a fruit that stirs up the appetite.
Where else “aviyona” appears- failsתָפֵרtafer
annul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “tafer” appears- the human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- is goingהֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- to his eternalעוֹלָמolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- and the mournersסֹּפְדִיםsofdim
mourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “sofdim” appears- go aroundסָבְבוּsavvu
go around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “savvu” appears- in the streetשּׁוּקshuk
street
A street of a city.
Where else “shuk” appears
Translation note
The caper was used to stir the appetite; that is why some understand “and desire is lost.”
The context
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;
5 · This verse (above)
6before the silver cord is snapped, and the golden bowl is crushed, and the jar is shattered at the spring, and the wheel is broken at the cistern;