Psalms 39:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.”

Psalms 39:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 39:511 words

HebrewMeaning

הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤/נִיhwōdiyʿēniy

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

קִצִּ֗/יqiṣiy

bordernounH7093

after · end · finite · process

וּ/מִדַּ֣תwmidat

garmentconjH4060

measure(-ing · meteyard · piece · size ···

יָמַ֣/יyāmay

daynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

הִ֑יאhiyʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

אֵ֝דְעָ֗הʾēdəʿāh

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

מֶהmeh

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

חָדֵ֥לḥādēl

he that forbearethadjH2310

frail · rejected

אָֽנִיʾāniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

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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