Psalms

Psalm 37:20

²⁰But the wicked and enemies of the LORD

will perish like the glory of the fields.

They will vanish;

like smoke they will fade away.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the wicked	רְשָׁעִ֨ים׀	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
and enemies	וְאֹיְבֵ֣י	wə·’ō·yə·ḇê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H341 be hostile to
of the LORD	יְ֭הוָה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
will perish	יֹאבֵ֗דוּ	yō·ḇê·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6 perish
like the glory	כִּיקַ֣ר	kî·qar	Preposition-k; Adjective - masculine singular construct	H3368 precious, rare, splendid, weighty
of the fields	כָּרִ֑ים	kā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3733 basket-saddle
They will vanish	כָּל֖וּ	kā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
like smoke	בֶעָשָׁ֣ן	ḇe·‘ā·šān	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6227 smoke
they will fade away	כָּֽלוּ׃	kā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.