1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 29:15

¹⁵For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
we	אֲנַ֧חְנוּ	’ă·naḥ·nū	Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
foreigners	גֵרִ֨ים	ḡê·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1616 sojourner
and strangers	וְתוֹשָׁבִ֖ים	wə·ṯō·wō·šā·ḇîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H8453 sojourner
in Your presence	לְפָנֶ֛יךָ	lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
as were all	כְּכָל־	kə·ḵāl-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
our forefathers	אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ	’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H1 father
Our days	יָמֵ֛ינוּ	yā·mê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H3117 day
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
earth	הָאָ֖רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
are like a shadow	כַּצֵּ֧ל׀	kaṣ·ṣêl	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6738 shadow
without	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
hope	מִקְוֶֽה׃	miq·weh	Noun - masculine singular	H4723 hope

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.