Psalms

Psalm 39:11

¹¹You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity,

consuming like a moth what he holds dear;

surely each man is but a vapor.

Selah

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You discipline	יִסַּ֬רְתָּ	yis·sar·tā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3256 discipline, chasten, admonish
and correct	בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹת	bə·ṯō·w·ḵā·ḥō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural	H8433 rebuke, correction
a man	אִ֗ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
for	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
his iniquity	עָוֺ֨ן׀	‘ā·wōn	Noun - common singular	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
consuming	וַתֶּ֣מֶס	wat·te·mes	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular	H4529 melt, dissolve, be liquefied
like a moth	כָּעָ֣שׁ	kā·‘āš	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6211 moth
what he holds dear	חֲמוּד֑וֹ	ḥă·mū·ḏōw	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2530 desire, take pleasure in
surely	אַ֤ךְ	’aḵ	Adverb	H389 surely
each	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
man	אָדָ֣ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
but a vapor	הֶ֖בֶל	he·ḇel	Noun - masculine singular	H1892 vapour, breath
Selah	סֶֽלָה׃	se·lāh	Interjection	H5542 lift up

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.