Ecclesiastes 11:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־יִמָּלְא֨וּ הֶעָבִ֥ים גֶּ֙שֶׁם֙ עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ יָרִ֔יקוּ וְאִם־יִפּ֥וֹל עֵ֛ץ בַּדָּר֖וֹם וְאִ֣ם בַּצָּפ֑וֹן מְק֛וֹם שֶׁיִפּ֥וֹל הָעֵ֖ץ שָׁ֥ם יְהֽוּא׃

Transliteration

If-yimmālĕʾû the-ʿāḇîm gešem upon-the-ʾāreṣ yārîqû and-if-yippôl ʿēṣ in-the-dārôm and-if in-the-ṣāpôn mĕqôm that-yippôl the-ʿēṣ there yĕhûʾ

Grammar Details

• *yimmālĕʾû*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are filled
• *ʿāḇîm*: noun, masculine plural - clouds
• *gešem*: noun, masculine singular - rain
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
• *yārîqû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will empty
• *yippôl*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will fall
• *ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - tree/wood
• *dārôm*: noun, masculine singular - south
• *ṣāpôn*: noun, masculine singular - north
• *mĕqôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - place of
• *yĕhûʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be

Word Meanings

• *ʿāḇîm*: clouds/thick clouds
• *gešem*: rain/shower/downpour
• *yārîqû*: they will empty/pour out
• *ʿēṣ*: tree/wood/timber
• *mĕqôm*: place/spot/location

Referenced Verses

• Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth. 10 Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof. 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; And thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.
• Isa 55:10-11 : 10 For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater; 11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
• Matt 3:10 : 10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Luke 13:7 : 7 And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?
• Luke 16:22-26 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. 23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us.
• 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso {G302} hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
• 1 Kgs 18:45 : 45 And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel: