Ecclesiastes 12:5
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
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ASV
yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
KJV
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| גַּ֣ם | gam | also | H1571 → |
| מִגָּבֹ֤הַּ | mi.ga.Vo.ah | from a high [place] | H1364 → |
| יִרָ֙אוּ֙ | yi.Ra.'u | people will be afraid | H3372 → |
| וְחַתְחַתִּ֣ים | ve.chat.cha.Tim | and terrors | H2849 → |
| בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ | ba.De.rekh | [are] in the way | H1870 → |
| וְיָנֵ֤אץ | ve.ya.Netz | and it may blossom | H5006 → |
| הַשָּׁקֵד֙ | ha.sha.Ked | the almond tree | H8247 → |
| וְיִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל | ve.yis.ta.Bel | so it may drag itself along | H5445 → |
| הֶֽחָגָ֔ב | he.cha.Gav | the grasshopper | H2284 → |
| וְתָפֵ֖ר | ve.ta.Fer | and it may fail | H6565 → |
| הָֽאֲבִיּוֹנָ֑ה | ha.'a.vi.yo.Nah | the caper-berry | H35 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| הֹלֵ֤ךְ | ho.Lekh | [is] going | H1980 → |
| הָאָדָם֙ | ha.'a.Dam | <the> humankind | H120 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → |
| עוֹלָמ֔וֹ | o.la.Mo | perpetuity its | H5769 → |
| וְסָבְב֥וּ | ve.sa.ve.Vu | and they will go about | H5437 → |
| בָשּׁ֖וּק | va.Shuk | in the street | H7784 → |
| הַסֹּפְדִֽים׃ | ha.so.fe.Dim | the mourners | H5594 → |
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