Ecclesiastes 12:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְסֻגְּר֤וּ דְלָתַ֙יִם֙ בַּשּׁ֔וּק בִּשְׁפַ֖ל ק֣וֹל הַֽטַּחֲנָ֑ה וְיָקוּם֙ לְק֣וֹל הַצִּפּ֔וֹר וְיִשַּׁ֖חוּ כָּל־בְּנ֥וֹת הַשִּֽׁיר׃

Transliteration

Wə-suggərû dəlātayim ba-šûq bi-špal qôl ha-ṭaḥănāh wə-yāqûm lə-qôl ha-ṣippôr wə-yiššaḥû kāl-bənôt ha-šîr

Grammar Details

*suggərû*: pual perfect, 3rd person plural - they are closed/shut
*dəlātayim*: noun, feminine dual - double doors/gates
*šûq*: noun, masculine singular - street/marketplace
*špal*: infinitive construct - to be low/when becomes low
*qôl*: noun, masculine singular - sound/voice
*ṭaḥănāh*: noun, feminine singular - grinding/mill
*yāqûm*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will rise
*ṣippôr*: noun, common singular - bird/sparrow
*yiššaḥû*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be brought low
*bənôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - daughters of
*šîr*: noun, masculine singular - song/singing

Word Meanings

*dəlātayim*: double doors/gates (may refer to lips metaphorically)
*qôl* ha-*ṭaḥănāh*: sound of grinding (may refer to diminished eating/chewing sounds)
*yāqûm* lə-*qôl* ha-*ṣippôr*: rises at the sound of a bird (awakening at dawn/early waking)
*bənôt* ha-*šîr*: daughters of song (singing women/musical notes/ability to sing or hear music)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 19:35 : 35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Jer 25:10 : 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Rev 18:22 : 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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