Psalms 90:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּ֭בֹּקֶר יָצִ֣יץ וְחָלָ֑ף לָ֝עֶ֗רֶב יְמוֹלֵ֥ל וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

In boqer yāṣîṣ wĕḥālāp̄; for ʿereḇ yĕmôlēl wĕyāḇēš.

Grammar Details

*babboqer*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular - in the morning
*yāṣîṣ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - sprouts/blooms/flourishes
*wĕḥālāp̄*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and passes away/changes
*lāʿereḇ*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular - for/toward the evening
*yĕmôlēl*: polal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - is cut down/withers
*wĕyāḇēš*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and dries/withers

Word Meanings

*yāṣîṣ*: sprouts/blooms/flourishes
*ḥālāp̄*: passes away/grows/changes/renews
*ʿereḇ*: evening/sunset/dusk
*yĕmôlēl*: is cut down/withers/fades
*yāḇēš*: dries up/withers/becomes dry

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
Matt 6:30 : 30 But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
Jas 1:11 : 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.

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