Ecclesiastes 12:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.

Young's Literal Translation
Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

King James Bible
Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Hebrew
[when]
גַּ֣ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

[men] fear
יִרָ֙אוּ֙ (yi·rā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

the heights
מִגָּבֹ֤הַּ (mig·gā·ḇō·ah)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1364: Elevated, powerful, arrogant

and dangers
וְחַתְחַתִּ֣ים (wə·ḥaṯ·ḥat·tîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2849: Terror

of the road,
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

when the almond tree
הַשָּׁקֵד֙ (haš·šā·qêḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8247: Almond (tree)

blossoms,
וְיָנֵ֤אץ (wə·yā·nêṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5006: To spurn, treat with contempt

the grasshopper
הֶֽחָגָ֔ב (he·ḥā·ḡāḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2284: Locust, grasshopper

loses its spring,
וְיִסְתַּבֵּ֣ל (wə·yis·tab·bêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5445: To carry, be burdensome, to be gravid

and the caper berry
הָֽאֲבִיּוֹנָ֑ה (hā·’ă·ḇî·yō·w·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 35: Provocative of desire, the caper berry

shrivels—
וְתָפֵ֖ר (wə·ṯā·p̄êr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate

for then
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

man
הָאָדָם֙ (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

goes
הֹלֵ֤ךְ (hō·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

his eternal
עוֹלָמ֔וֹ (‘ō·w·lā·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

home,
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

and mourners
הַסֹּפְדִֽים׃ (has·sō·p̄ə·ḏîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5594: To tear the hair and beat the breasts, to lament, to wail

walk
וְסָבְב֥וּ (wə·sā·ḇə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the streets.
בָשּׁ֖וּק‪‬‪‬‪‬ (ḇaš·šūq)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7784: A street

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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