en_tn/ecc/12/06.md

Call to mind

AT: “remember” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

before the silver cord is cut...or the water wheel is broken at the well

The writer compares death to various broken items. Death will break the body just as suddenly as people accidentally break these items while they are using them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

the silver cord is cut

AT: "someone cuts the silver cord" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

the golden bowl is crushed

AT: "someone crushes the golden bowl" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

the pitcher is shattered

AT: "someone shatters the pitcher " (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

the water wheel is broken

AT: "someone breaks the the water wheel" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

dust returns to the earth

Here the word "dust" refers to the human body that has decomposed. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)