Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 12:4

⁴when the doors to the street are shut

and the sound of the mill fades away,

when one rises at the sound of a bird

and all the daughters of song grow faint,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
when the doors	דְלָתַ֙יִם֙	ḏə·lā·ṯa·yim	Noun - fd	H1817 door
to the street	בַּשּׁ֔וּק	baš·šūq	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7784 street
are shut	וְסֻגְּר֤וּ	wə·sug·gə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5462 shut, close
and the sound	ק֣וֹל	qō·wl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of the mill	הַֽטַּחֲנָ֑ה	haṭ·ṭa·ḥă·nāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H2913 mill
fades away	בִּשְׁפַ֖ל	biš·p̄al	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8213 be or become low, be abased
when one rises	וְיָקוּם֙	wə·yā·qūm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
at the sound	לְק֣וֹל	lə·qō·wl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of a bird	הַצִּפּ֔וֹר	haṣ·ṣip·pō·wr	Article; Noun - common singular	H6833 bird
and all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the daughters	בְּנ֥וֹת	bə·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H1323 daughter
of song	הַשִּֽׁיר׃	haš·šîr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7892 song
grow faint	וְיִשַּׁ֖חוּ	wə·yiš·ša·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7817 bow, be bowed down, crouch

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.