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NASB					Eccl 12:5 Furthermore¹⁵⁷¹, ¹men are afraid^3372a of a high¹³⁶⁴ place and of terrors²⁸⁴⁹ on the road¹⁸⁷⁰; the almond⁸²⁴⁷ tree⁸²⁴⁷ blossoms^5340b, the grasshopper²²⁸⁴ drags⁵⁴⁴⁵ himself along, and the caperberry³⁵ is ineffective^6565a. For man¹²⁰ goes¹⁹⁸⁰ to his eternal⁵⁷⁶⁹ ^Ahome¹⁰⁰⁴ while ^Bmourners⁵⁵⁹⁴ go⁵⁴³⁷ about⁵⁴³⁷ in the street⁷⁷⁸⁴.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Eccl 12:5 Furthermore, they are afraid of a high place and of dangers on the road; the almond tree (hair) blossoms [white], and the grasshopper (a little thing) is a burden, and the ¹caperberry (desire, appetite) fails. For man goes to his eternal home and the mourners go about the streets and market places. [Job 17:13]

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This is an actual bush that grows in the region of the Mediterranean Sea. It is used in various condiments. In this verse some think it refers to loss of taste in old age, others to sexual desire (taking the fruit as an aphrodisiac), but which is not clear.

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Job 17:13 "If I look for Sheol as my home,
I make my bed in the darkness;

Gen 50:10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed seven days mourning for his father.

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Greek Heb.

abiyyonah (2d); from 14; the caperberry:--caperberry(1).

120

adam (9a); from an unused word; man, mankind:--any man(2), anyone(4), anyone's(1), being*(1), common sort*(1), human(19), infantry(1), low degree*(1), low*(1), man(363), man's(20), man*(1), mankind(9), men(104), men of low degree*(1), men's(3), men*(4), mortal(1), one(3), people(1), person(5), person*(1), persons(3), population(1), someone(1).

1004

bayith (108c); a prim. root; a house:--armory*(1), beneath(1), Beth-ashbea*(1), Beth-togarmah*(2), between*(2), boxes(1), buildings(2), daughter(1), dungeon*(2), faced inward(1), family(2), family*(1), guard*(1), hall(1), hangings(1), harem*(5), holders(7), home(33), homeborn*(2), homes(2), house(1534), house and the houses(2), household(125), household was inside(1), households(73), houses(101), houses while house(1), inner(2), inside*(13), inward(5), inward*(1), jail*(6), jailer*(3), large enough to hold(1), palace(22), palace and the houses(1), perfume*(1), place(2), places(1), prison*(15), residence(1), room(6), rooms(1), shrine*(1), temple(36), temple to the house(1), temples(2), tomb(1), treasury*(1), turned inwards(1), web(1), where(1), within(3).

1364

gaboah (147a); from 1361b; high, exalted:--haughtiness(1), haughty(2), high(22), higher officials(1), lofty(1), long(1), longer(1), longer one(1), official(2), proud(2), taller(1), very proudly(1), which is high(1), who are lofty(1).

1571

gam (168d); from an unused word; also, moreover, yea:--addition(1), alike(1), all(1), all*(1), also(364), although(1), any(3), besides(4), bitterly*(1), both(28), both you and also(1), both*(6), certainly(2), either(6), either by or(1), even(114), even they also(2), even they too(1), furthermore(15), however(1), indeed(21), itself(1), likewise(5), merely(1), moreover(17), moreover*(1), neither*(5), neither(1), nevertheless(1), nor(4), nor yet(1), nor*(4), now(3), now*(2), only(1), or(4), part also(1), previously*(1), so(1), spite*(1), still(1), still*(1), then(1), therefore(1), though(2), times*(2), together(2), too(30), truly(2), turn(2), very(1), well(6), what is more(1), whether(1), yes(9), yet(6).

1870

derek (202c); from 1869; way, road, distance, journey, manner:--actions(1), acts(1), conduct(11), course(2), crooked*(2), direction(4), distance(1), example(1), favors(1), highway(4), highway*(1), impulses(1), journey(37), line(1), manner(4), mission(2), path(4), pathless*(2), pathway(1), pathway*(1), practice(1), road(30), roads(5), roadway(2), safely*(1), street(2), toward(33), toward*(1), walk(1), way(382), way in the direction(1), way toward(1), ways(150), wayside(2), wherever*(1).

1980

halak (229d); a prim. root; to go, come, walk:--access(1), accompany*(2), act(5), acting(2), already gone(1), am(1), am about(1), attended*(1), became greater(3), become(1), becoming(1), becoming increasingly(1), blowing(1), brighter(2), bring(4), brought(5), came(13), came nearer(1), carry(2), come(82), come and let us go(1), coming(3), continually(1), continued(5), continues...along(1), continuing(1), continuing*(1), crawls(1), darting back(1), depart(14), departed(55), departs(1), desires(1), die(1), disappears(1), down(2), down*(1), enter(2), extended(2), flashed(1), fled(1), floated(1), flow(6), flowed(1), flowing(1), flows(1), follow(2), follow*(14), followed(2), followed*(21), following(1), following*(5), follows*(1), get(1), get away(2), get rid(1), go(426), go and walk(1), go at once(1), go my way(1), go to patrol(1), go back(1), go*(4), goes(22), goes to and fro(1), goes down(1), going(30), gone(39), grew(2), grew steadily(1), grew...continually(1), grow(1), growing*(1), indeed gone(1), involve(1), lead(2), leads(1), leave(1), leave*(3), led(14), left(2), live(1), living(1), march(4), marches(1), move(2), moved(8), moves(1), moving(1), once the went forth(1), parades(1), passes(1), passing(1), patrol(2), patrolled(2), pressed heavier(1), proceed(2), proceed*(1), proceeded(4), prowl(1), prowled(1), ran(3), resort(1), return*(1), robber(1), run(1), runs off(1), set(3), set*(1), spent(1), spread(1), sprout(1), stalks(1), steadily(2), steps(1), strut(1), surely go(2), swept(1), take(6), taking(2), throng(1), took(1), took for us to come(1), travel(3), traveled(1), travelers*(1), vagabond(1), vanished(1), walk(142), walked(84), walked around(1), walked back(1), walking(14), walking around(2), walks(31), walks around(1), wandered(2), wanderings(1), way(1), weak(1), went(309), went along continually(1), went on his way(1), went on continually(1), went they could go(1), went forth(1), went*(1).

2284

chagab (290b); from an unused word; locust, grasshopper:--grasshopper(2), grasshoppers(2), locust(1).

2849

chathchath (369d); from 2865; terror:--terrors(1).

3372a

yare (431a); a prim. root; to fear:--afraid(100), awesome(21), awesome acts(1), awesome things(4), became afraid(1), became...frightened(2), become frightened(1), cautious(1), dismayed(1), fear(165), fear and awesome(1), feared(36), fearful(1), fearful thing(1), fearfully(1), fearing(5), fears(9), frighten(4), frightened(1), have...fear(1), made me afraid(1), revere(10), revered(3), reverence(3), showed reverence(1), stand in awe(1), terrible(3), terrible things(1), terrifying(2).

5340b

natsats (665b); denom. vb. from 5328; to bloom, blossom:--bloomed(2), blossoms(1).

5437

sabab (685b); a prim. root; to turn about, go around, surround:--about(2), all around(1), around(2), around*(1), away*(1), bring back(1), bring...over(1), brought(2), brought around(2), brought about(1), change(1), changed(5), circle around(2), circled(2), circled around(1), circling(1), circuit(1), circumference*(3), come around(1), completely*(1), directed(1), driven(1), encircled(2), encircling(1), encompass(2), engulfed(2), escaped(1), faced*(2), flows around(2), form(1), gathered around(2), go about(3), go around(4), led around(2), made a circuit(1), make the rounds(2), march around(3), marched around(3), measured the circumference(1), opened(1), removed(2), returned(1), set(3), set*(1), sit(1), surround(7), surrounded(18), surrounding(2), surrounds(2), swinging(1), swirling(1), taken around(1), transferred(2), turn(13), turn around(2), turn aside(1), turn away(2), turn back(1), turned(12), turned about(4), turned around(2), turned aside(2), turned away(3), turned over(1), turned round(1), turning(5), turns(1), walk about(2), went about(1), went throughout(2).

5445

sabal (687d); a prim. root; to bear (a heavy load):--bear(5), borne(1), carried(1), carry(1), drags(1).

5594

saphad (704c); a prim. root; to wail, lament:--beat(1), lament(9), lamented(5), mourn(8), mourned(6), mourners(1), mourns(1).

5769

olam or
olam (761d); from an unused word; long duration, antiquity, futurity:--ages(1), all successive(1), always(1), ancient(13), ancient times(3), continual(1), days of old(1), eternal(2), eternity(3), ever(10), Everlasting(2), everlasting(110), forever(136), forever and ever(1), forever*(70), forevermore*(1), lasting(1), long(2), long ago(3), long past(1), long time(3), never*(17), old(11), permanent(10), permanently(1), perpetual(29), perpetually(1).

6565a

parar (830b); a prim. root; to break, frustrate:--annul(4), annulled(1), break(12), breaking(3), broke(4), broken(7), cease(1), do away(1), fail(1), frustrate(2), frustrated(2), frustrates(1), indeed annuls(2), ineffective(1), made my void(1), nullifies(1), shattered(1), thwart(2), thwarted(1).

7784

shuq (1003b); from the same as 7785; a street:--street(3), streets(1).

8247

shaqed (1052b); from 8245; almond (tree):--almond tree(2), almonds(2).

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