Ecclesiastes Chapter 12

Creator to be remembered

12:1 Now remember your Creator while you are young, before the evilהָרָעָה‎
Transliteration: hārāʿâ – bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):—adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favoredness), man, thing), grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favored), mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Including feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.) For more info click here days come,* Warning that people should use their youthful years wisely, Solomon metaphorically conjures the ravage of old age and physical decline. – From the Artscroll English Tanach and those years approach, when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
12:2 before the sun, the light, the moon,  the stars, grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain:
12:3 On the day when the guards of the house will tremble, and the strong men will bow themselves, and the grinders are idle they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,
12:4 And the doors in the streets are shut, when the sound of the mill is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of song will be brought low;
12:5 when they too will fear a height, and terror on the roadבַּדֶּרֶךְ‎
Pronunciation: badereḵ on the way, on the road, on the path, on the route, on the distance, on the journey, on the manner For more info click here, and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper becomes a burden, and the desire will fail: so man goes to his everlasting home, while the mourners go about the streets:
12:6 Before the silver cord is snapped, and the golden bowl is crushed, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel smashed at the pit.* The body near death is likened to the malfunctioning machinery of a well. The cord (spine) snaps; the skull shatters; the stomach breaks; and the body is smashed. – From the Artscroll English Tanach
12:7 So the dust returns to the ground like it was: and the spiritוְהָרוּחַ
Transliteration: vᵊhārûaḥ – Meaning: the wind, the breath, the mind, the spirit For more info click here will return to Elohimהָאֱלֹהִים
the God – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here who gave it.
12:8 Pointless! Meaningless! says the Koheletהַקּוֹהֶלֶת
Transliteration: haqqôheleṯ Kohelet = “one who gathers people together”, collector (of sentences), teacher, preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Koheleth – The Tanach states ” The author of this book was King Solomon who was called “Koheleles”, because of the wisdom “which was assembled within him” (ibn Ezar), or because “he assembled many branches of wisdom” (Rashi). for more info click here; all is pointless.
12:9 And besides being wise Koheletקֹהֶלֶת
Transliteration: qōheleṯ Kohelet = “one who gathers people together”, collector (of sentences), teacher, preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Koheleth – The Tanach states ” The author of this book was King Solomon who was called “Koheleles”, because of the wisdom “which was assembled within him” (ibn Ezar), or because “he assembled many branches of wisdom” (Rashi). for more info click here also imparted knowledge taught the people knowledge; he listened, and sought out, and arranged many proverbs.
12:10 Koheletקֹהֶלֶת
Transliteration: qōheleṯ Kohelet = “one who gathers people together”, collector (of sentences), teacher, preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Koheleth – The Tanach states ” The author of this book was King Solomon who was called “Koheleles”, because of the wisdom “which was assembled within him” (ibn Ezar), or because “he assembled many branches of wisdom” (Rashi). for more info click here sought to find an attractive writing style: and words of truthאֱמֶת‎
Transliteration: ‘ĕmeṯ – stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness:—assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, faithfulness, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity, reliability. For more info click here recorded properly.
12:11 The words of the wise are like goads a pointed rod used to make an animal move forward, and like nails fastened by the masters of collections, that are given from one Shepherdרָעָה
Transliteration; rāʿâ Pronunciation raw-aw’ “The KJV translates the word in the following manner: feed (75x), shepherd (63x), pastor (8x), herdmen (7x), keep (3x), companion (2x), broken (1x), company (1x), devour (1x), eat (1x), entreateth (1x), miscellaneous (10x). For more info click here.
12:12 Beyond these, my son, beware: The making many books is without limit;* Lest you say, “if it is necessary to obey wise men, why are their words not published?” The answer is that it is not possible to commit everything to writing (Rashi). – From the Artscroll English Tanach and much study is weariness of the flesh.

Man’s whole duty

12:13 The sum of the matter: when everything has been considered: Fear Elohimהָאֱלֹהִים
the God – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here, and keep His commandments: because that is the whole duty of mankindהָאָדָם‎
Transliteration: hā’āḏām man, human being
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Singular Absolute – men, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) Adam, first man city in Jordan valley For more info click here.
12:14 Because Elohimהָאֱלֹהִים
the God – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here will judgeבְמִשְׁפָּט‎
Transliteration: ḇᵊmišpāṭ – properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant’s) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant’s right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:— adversary, ceremony, charge custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence. For more info click here every deed, everything hidden, whether [it is] goodטוֹב
Transliteration: ṭôḇ Pronunciation: tobe – good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):—beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair, (be in) favor, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -lie, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, like (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, please, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favored). For more info click here [or] evilרָע‎
Transliteration: rāʿ – In the KJV is translated in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), ill favored (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x) For more info click here.