Psalms 129:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:”

Psalms 129:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 129:66 words

HebrewMeaning

יִ֭הְיוּyihəyw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

כַּ/חֲצִ֣ירkaḥăṣiyr

grasspronH2682

hay · herb · leek

גַּגּ֑וֹתgagwōt

roofnounH1406

top

שֶׁ/קַּדְמַ֖תšeqadəmat

aforeparticleH6927

antiquity · former estate

שָׁלַ֣ףšālap

drawverbH8025

grow up · pluck off

יָבֵֽשׁyābēš

be ashamedverbH3001

clean · be confounded · dry · shame ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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