Eccles. 12:5 in context
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Ecclesiastes 12:5

When one trembles at a hill (height),
and dangers on the streets. [When one is afraid to go out.]
When the almond tree shines white [the hair has turned white].
When a grasshopper becomes a great burden.
When the caper fruit has lost its power [all sexual power and desire are gone].
[The grasshopper can describe how a small insect becomes a great burden, or it can be an image of an elderly person who drags themselves along like a grasshopper. This is the only verse in the Bible where the caper berry is mentioned; it was used in ancient times as a lust-enhancing drug. When man is on his way to his eternal home
and the mourners wait in the street.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

גַּם   מִגָּבֹהַּ   יִרָאוּ   וְחַתְחַתִּים   בַּדֶּרֶךְ   וְיָנֵאץ   הַשָּׁקֵד   וְיִסְתַּבֵּל   הֶחָגָב   וְתָפֵר   הָאֲבִיּוֹנָה   כִּי   הֹלֵךְ   הָאָדָם   אֶל   בֵּית   עוֹלָמוֹ   וְסָבְבוּ   בָשּׁוּק   הַסֹּפְדִים  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

καί γε ἀπὸ ὕψους ὄψονται καὶ θάμβοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ἀνθήσῃ τὸ ἀμύγδαλον καὶ παχυνθῇ ἡ ἀκρίς καὶ διασκεδασθῇ ἡ κάππαρις ὅτι ἐπορεύθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς οἶκον αἰῶνος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν ἐν ἀγορᾷ οἱ κοπτόμενοι

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H1571
 גַּ֣ם (gam)
 also
Adv. Adverb

 D
H9006
H1364
 מִ (mi)
גָּבֹ֤הַּ (gavóha)
 from
high
Prep. Preposition

Adj. Adjective
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 R
Aabsa
H3372
 יִרָ֙אוּ֙ (jirao)
 to fear
Verb Verb
qal 3p ♂ pl. qal third person masculine plural

Vqi3mp
H9002
H2849
 וְ (ve)
חַתְחַתִּ֣ים (chatechatim)
 and
terror
Conj. Conjunktion

Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 C
Ncmpa
H9003
H1870
 בַּ (ba)
דֶּ֔רֶךְ (derekhe)
 in
way
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Rd
Ncbsa
H9002
H5006
 וְ (ve)
יָנֵ֤אץ (janetz)
 and
to spurn
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
hiphil 3p ♂ sing. hiphil third person masculine singular

C
Vhu3ms
H9009
H8247
 הַ (ha)
שָּׁקֵד֙ (shaqed)
 the
almond
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Td
Ncbsa
H9002
H5445
 וְ (ve)
יִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל (jisetabel)
 and
to bear
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
3p ♂ sing. third person masculine singular

C
Vtu3ms
H9009
H2284
 הֶֽ (he)
חָגָ֔ב (chagav)
 the
locust
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Td
Ncbsa
H9002
H6565a
 וְ (ve)
תָפֵ֖ר (tafer)
 and
to break
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
hiphil 3p ♀ sing. hiphil third person feminine singular

C
Vhu3fs
H9009
H0035
 הָֽ (ha)
אֲבִיּוֹנָ֑ה (avivónah)
 the
desire
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♀ sing. feminine singular Absolute state

 Td
Ncfsa
H3588a
H9014
 כִּֽי (ki-)
־
for
link
Conj. Conjunktion

 Tc
H1980
 הֹלֵ֤ךְ (hólekhe)
 to go
Verb Verb
qal participle active ♂ sing. qal participle active masculine singular

Vqrmsa
H9009
H0120
 הָ (ha)
אָדָם֙ (adam)
 the
man
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Td
Ncbsa
H0413
H9014
 אֶל (el-)
־
to(wards)
link
Prep. Preposition

 R
H1004b
 בֵּ֣ית (beit)
 house
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Ncbsc
H5769
H9023
 עוֹלָמ֔ (vólam)
וֹ (vó)
 forever
his
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p ♂ sing. Pronominal third person masculine singular

Ncbsc
Sp3ms
H9001
H5437
 וְ (ve)
סָבְב֥וּ (savevo)
 seq
to turn
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
qal 3p pl. qal third person plural

c
Vqq3cp
H9003
H7784
 בָ (va)
שּׁ֖וּק (shoq)
 in
street
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Rd
Ncbsa
H9009
H5594
H9016
 הַ (ha)
סֹּפְדִֽים (sófedim)
׃
the
to mourn
verseEnd
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Verb Verb
qal participle active ♂ pl. qal participle active masculine plural

Td
Vqrmpa

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