Psalms 129:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

yihyû like ḥăṣîr gaggôt that qadmat šālaph yāḇēš

Grammar Details

*yihyû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be
*ḥăṣîr*: noun, masculine singular - grass
*gaggôt*: noun, masculine plural construct - roofs
*šeqadmat*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - that before
*šālaph*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it is pulled out/drawn out
*yāḇēš*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it withers/dries up

Word Meanings

*ḥăṣîr*: grass/hay/herb
*gaggôt*: roofs/housetops
*qadmat* *šālaph*: before being pulled out/before sprouting forth
*šālaph*: pulled out/drawn out/extracted
*yāḇēš*: withers/dries up/becomes dry

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:2 : 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither{H8799)} as the green herb.
Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring{H8800)} as the grass, and when all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity do flourish{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8736)} for ever:
Isa 37:27 : 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Jer 17:5-6 : 5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Matt 13:6 : 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
2 Kgs 19:26 : 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

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