Ecclesiastes 12:2

before the sun and the light ¹  of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear ²  after the rain;

Ge 27:1; Ge 48:10; 1Sa 3:2; 1Sa 4:15,18; Ps 42:7; Ps 71:20; Ps 77:16; Ec 11:7,8

¹ tn Heb “the light and the moon and the stars.” The phrase “the light and the moon” is a hendiadys (two separate terms denoting one idea) or perhaps even a hendiatris (three separate terms denoting one idea) for “the light of the moon and stars” (e.g., Gen 1:14).

² tn The verb שׁוּב (shuv, “to return”) here denotes “to desist” (HALOT 1430 s.v. שׁוּב 3). It pictures the disappearance of the clouds as a result of the precipitation of their contents.