Ecclesiastes 12:6
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.”
חֶבֶל
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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כַּד
the jar
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כַּד
properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes
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גֻּלָּה
the bowl of
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גֻּלָּה
a fountain, bowl or globe (all as round)
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רָתַק
it will be snapped
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רָתַק
to fasten
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