Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 12:3

³on the day the keepers of the house tremble

and the strong men stoop,

when those grinding cease because they are few

and those watching through windows see dimly,

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
on the day	בַּיּ֗וֹם	bay·yō·wm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
the keepers	שֹׁמְרֵ֣י	šō·mə·rê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
of the house	הַבַּ֔יִת	hab·ba·yiṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1004 house
tremble	שֶׁיָּזֻ֙עוּ֙	še·yā·zu·‘ū	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2111 tremble, quake
and the strong	הֶחָ֑יִל	he·ḥā·yil	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army
men	אַנְשֵׁ֣י	’an·šê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H582 man, mankind
stoop	וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ	wə·hiṯ·‘aw·wə·ṯū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5791 be bent, crooked
when those grinding	הַטֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙	haṭ·ṭō·ḥă·nō·wṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H2912 grind
cease	וּבָטְל֤וּ	ū·ḇā·ṭə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H988 cease
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they are few	מִעֵ֔טוּ	mi·‘ê·ṭū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H4591 be or become small, diminished, few
and those watching	הָרֹא֖וֹת	hā·rō·’ō·wṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H7200 see
through windows	בָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃	bā·’ă·rub·bō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H699 lattice, window, sluice
see dimly	וְחָשְׁכ֥וּ	wə·ḥā·šə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H2821 be, grow dark

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 90:9–10 · Psalm 102:23 · Genesis 48:10 · Zechariah 8:4 · 2 Samuel 21:15–17 · Genesis 27:1 · 1 Samuel 3:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.