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Ecclesiastes 12:3

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← Ecclesiastes 12:2	Ecclesiastes 12:3 (KJV)	Ecclesiastes 12:4 →
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:	In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,	And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

In the day^H3117 when the keepers^H8104 of the house^H1004 shall tremble^H2111, and the strong^H2428 men^H582 shall bow^H5791 themselves, and the grinders^H2912 cease^H988 because they are few^H4591, and those that look out^H7200 of the windows^H699 be darkened^H2821,

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Original Hebrew

בַּיֹּום שֶׁיָּזֻעוּ שֹׁמְרֵי הַבַּיִת וְהִתְעַוְּתוּ אַנְשֵׁי הֶחָיִל וּבָטְלוּ הַטֹּחֲנֹות כִּי מִעֵטוּ וְחָשְׁכוּ הָרֹאֹות בָּאֲרֻבֹּות׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בַּ/יּ֗וֹם	ba/i.Yom	H3117	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ day
שֶׁ/יָּזֻ֨עוּ֙	shei./ya.Zu.'u	H2111	HTr/Vqi3mp	when/ they will tremble
שֹׁמְרֵ֣י	sho.me.Rei	H8104	HVqrmpc	(the) keepers of
הַ/בַּ֔יִת	ha./Ba.yit	H1004	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ house
וְ/הִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ	ve./hit.'a.ve.Tu	H5791	HC/Vtq3cp	and/ they will bend themselves
אַנְשֵׁ֣י	'an.Shei	H376	HNcmpc	(the) people of
הֶ/חָ֑יִל	he./Cha.yil	H2428	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ strength
וּ/בָטְל֤וּ	u./va.te.Lu	H988	HC/Vqq3cp	and/ they will cease
הַ/טֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙	ha./to.cha.nOt	H2912	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ (female) grinders
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
מִעֵ֔טוּ	mi.'E.tu	H4591	HVpp3cp	they have become few
וְ/חָשְׁכ֥וּ	ve./cha.she.Khu	H2821	HC/Vqq3cp	and/ they will grow dim
הָ/רֹא֖וֹת	ha./ro.'ot	H7200	HTd/Vqrfpa	the/ (women who) look
בָּ/אֲרֻבּֽוֹת	ba./'a.ru.Bot	H699	HRd/Ncfpa	in the/ windows

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H699 — אֲרֻבָּה (ʼărubbâh, ar-oob-baw'): feminine participle passive of אָרַב (as if for lurking); a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water); chimney, window.
• H988 — בָּטֵל (bâṭêl, baw-tale'): a primitive root; to desist from labor; cease.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H2111 — זוּעַ (zûwaʻ, zoo'-ah): a primitive root; properly, to shake off, i.e. (figuratively) to agitate (as with fear); move, tremble, vex.
• H2428 — חַיִל (chayil, khah'-yil): from חוּל; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength; able, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
• H2821 — חָשַׁךְ (châshak, khaw-shak'): a primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken; be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
• H2912 — טָחַן (ṭâchan, taw-khan'): a primitive root; to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment); grind(-er).
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H4591 — מָעַט (mâʻaṭ, maw-at'): a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective); suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, ([idiom] give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
• H5791 — עָוַת (ʻâvath, aw-vath'): a primitive root; to wrest; bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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