5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 12:5:1 ⧉גַּ֣םgamalso Ecclesiastes 12:5:2 ⧉מִגָּבֹ֤הַּmigavoahfrom height or from what is high Ecclesiastes 12:5:3 ⧉יִרָ֙אוּ֙yirauthey will fear Ecclesiastes 12:5:4 ⧉וְחַתְחַתִּ֣יםvekhatkhattimand terrors Ecclesiastes 12:5:5 ⧉בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְbaderekhin the way or on the road Ecclesiastes 12:5:6 ⧉וְיָנֵ֤אץveyanetsand it will despise or and it will spurn Ecclesiastes 12:5:7 ⧉הַשָּׁקֵד֙hashakedthe almond tree Ecclesiastes 12:5:8 ⧉וְיִסְתַּבֵּ֣לveyistabeland it will drag itself or and it will be burdened Ecclesiastes 12:5:9 ⧉הֶֽחָגָ֔בhekhagavthe grasshopper Ecclesiastes 12:5:10 ⧉וְתָפֵ֖רvetaferand it will fail or and it will be broken Ecclesiastes 12:5:11 ⧉הָֽאֲבִיּוֹנָ֑הhaaviyonathe desire or the caperberry Ecclesiastes 12:5:12 ⧉כִּֽי־הֹלֵ֤ךְkiholekhfor he is going Ecclesiastes 12:5:13 ⧉הָאָדָם֙haadamthe human or the man Ecclesiastes 12:5:14 ⧉אֶל־בֵּ֣יתelbetto the house of Ecclesiastes 12:5:15 ⧉עוֹלָמ֔וֹolamohis eternity or his everlastingness Ecclesiastes 12:5:16 ⧉וְסָבְב֥וּvesavvuand they will go around Ecclesiastes 12:5:17 ⧉בָשּׁ֖וּקvashukin the street or in the market Ecclesiastes 12:5:18 ⧉הַסֹּפְדִֽים׃hasofedimthe mourners |
5. Formal Translation Also, they will fear heights, and terrors will be in the way; the almond tree will blossom, and the grasshopper will be a burden, and the caper berry will fail to awaken desire, for man goes to his eternal house, and mourners go about the streets. |
5. Dynamic Translation People will fear high places, and dangers will lurk on the road; the almond tree will blossom, the grasshopper will become a burden, and the caper berry will no longer stir desire, because people go to their final home, and mourners walk the streets. |