Ecclesiastes 1:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוֹלֵךְ֙ אֶל־דָּר֔וֹם וְסוֹבֵ֖ב אֶל־צָפ֑וֹן סוֹבֵ֤ב ׀ סֹבֵב֙ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ הָר֔וּחַ וְעַל־סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו שָׁ֥ב הָרֽוּחַ׃

Transliteration

Hôlêk ʾel-dārôm wəsôbêb ʾel-ṣāpôn, sôbêb sōbêb hôlêk hārûaḥ, wəʿal-səbîbōtāyw šāb hārûaḥ

Grammar Details

*Hôlêk*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - going
*ʾel*: preposition - to/toward
*dārôm*: noun, masculine singular - south
*wəsôbêb*: conjunction + verb, qal participle masculine singular - and turning around
*ṣāpôn*: noun, masculine singular - north
*sôbêb*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - turning around
*sōbêb*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - turning around (repetition for emphasis)
*hārûaḥ*: article + noun, feminine singular - the wind/spirit
*wəʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and upon/according to
*səbîbōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its circuits/around
*šāb*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - returning

Word Meanings

*rûaḥ*: wind/breath/spirit/mind
*sôbêb*: turn/go around/encircle/surround
*səbîbōt*: circuits/surroundings/rounds

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Referenced Verses

John 3:8 : 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Acts 27:13-15 : 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
Job 37:9 : 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
Job 37:17 : 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Ps 107:25 : 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Ps 107:29 : 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Eccl 11:5 : 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Matt 7:27 : 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

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