Text -- Ecclesiastes 12:2 (NET)

12:2 before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 12:2

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.