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Ecclesiastes 12:6

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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:	Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.	Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Or ever^H3808 the silver^H3701 cord^H2256 be loosed^{H7576 H7368}, or the golden^H2091 bowl^H1543 be broken^H7533, or the pitcher^H3537 be broken^H7665 at the fountain^H4002, or the wheel^H1534 broken^H7533 at the cistern^H953.

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Original Hebrew

עַד אֲשֶׁר לֹא־ [יִרחַק כ] (יֵרָתֵק ק) חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף וְתָרֻץ גֻּלַּת הַזָּהָב וְתִשָּׁבֶר כַּד עַל־הַמַּבּוּעַ וְנָרֹץ הַגַּלְגַּל אֶל־הַבֹּור׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עַ֣ד	'ad	H5704	HR	until
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	that
לֹֽא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
ירחק	râchaq	H7368	HVqi3ms
חֶ֣בֶל	Che.vel	H2256	HNcbsc	(the) cord of
הַ/כֶּ֔סֶף	ha./Ke.sef	H3701	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ silver
וְ/תָרֻ֖ץ	ve./ta.Rutz	H7533	HC/Vqi3fs	so/ it may be crushed
גֻּלַּ֣ת	gu.Lat	H1543	HNcfsc	(the) bowl of
הַ/זָּהָ֑ב	ha./za.Hav	H2091	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ gold
וְ/תִשָּׁ֤בֶר	ve./ti.Sha.ver	H7665	HC/VNi3fs	so/ it may be broken
כַּד֙	kad	H3537	HNcfsa	(the) jar
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	at
הַ/מַּבּ֔וּעַ	ha./ma.Bu.a'	H4002	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ water spring
וְ/נָרֹ֥ץ	ve./na.Rotz	H7533	HC/VNq3ms	and/ it will be crushed
הַ/גַּלְגַּ֖ל	ha./gal.Gal	H1534	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ (water) wheel
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הַ/בּֽוֹר	ha./Bor	H953	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ well

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

Strong's References

• H953 — בּוֹר (bôwr, bore): from בּוּר (in the sense of בֹּאר); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison); cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
• H1534 — גַּלְגַּל (galgal, gal-gal'): by reduplication from גָּלַל; a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled); heaven, rolling thing, wheel.
• H1543 — גֻּלָּה (gullâh, gool-law'): feminine from גָּלַל; a fountain, bowl or globe (all as round); bowl, pommel, spring.
• H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
• H2256 — חֶבֶל (chebel, kheh'-bel): or חֵבֶל; from חָבַל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
• H3537 — כַּד (kad, kad): from an unused root meaning to deepen; properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes; barrel, pitcher.
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H4002 — מַבּוּעַ (mabbûwaʻ, mab-boo'-ah): from נָבַע; a fountain; fountain, spring.
• H7368 — רָחַק (râchaq, raw-khak'): a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation); (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
• H7533 — רָצַץ (râtsats, raw-tsats'): a primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively; break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.
• H7576 — רָתַק (râthaq, raw-thak'): a primitive root; to fasten; bind.
• H7665 — שָׁבַר (shâbar, shaw-bar'): a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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