Ecclesiastes 12:5

“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;”

Ecclesiastes 12:5 · 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 12:5, 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;

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