Psalms 103:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִ֣יר יָמָ֑יו כְּצִ֥יץ הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה כֵּ֣ן יָצִֽיץ׃

Transliteration

ʾĕnôš like-ḥāṣîr yāmāyw like-ṣîṣ ha-śādeh so yāṣîṣ

Grammar Details

*ʾĕnôš*: masculine singular noun - man
*ḥāṣîr*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition *kə* - like grass
*yāmāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his days
*ṣîṣ*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition *kə* - like flower of
*ha-śādeh*: definite article with masculine singular noun - the field
*yāṣîṣ*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he flourishes

Word Meanings

*ʾĕnôš*: man/mankind/mortal/humankind
*ḥāṣîr*: grass/hay/herb
*yāmāyw*: his days/lifetime
*ṣîṣ*: flower/blossom/bloom
*śādeh*: field/land/territory/open country
*yāṣîṣ*: flourishes/blossoms/sprouts/shines

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
Jas 1:10-11 : 10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;
Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Isa 28:4 : 4 and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Isa 28:1 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine!
Job 14:1-3 : 1 Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

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