Psalms 90:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י כָל־יָ֭מֵינוּ פָּנ֣וּ בְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּלִּ֖ינוּ שָׁנֵ֣ינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶֽגֶה׃

Transliteration

For all yāmênû pānû in your ʿeḇrāṯêḵā; we killînû our šānênû like hegeḥ.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḵol-yāmênû*: masculine singular construct + masculine plural + 1st plural suffix - all our days
*pānû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - turn away/decline
*ḇĕʿeḇrāṯêḵā*: preposition + feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your wrath
*killînû*: piel perfect, 1st plural - we finish/complete/consume
*šānênû*: feminine plural + 1st plural suffix - our years
*ḵĕmô-hegeḥ*: preposition + masculine singular - like a sigh/moan/sound

Word Meanings

*pānû*: turn away/decline/end
*ʿeḇrāṯêḵā*: your wrath/your fury/your overflow of anger
*killînû*: we finish/we complete/we spend/we consume
*hegeḥ*: sigh/moan/sound/whisper/thought/meditation

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 78:33 : 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.
Ps 90:4 : 4 For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {H5542}

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