Psalms

Psalm 39:4

⁴“Show me, O LORD, my end

and the measure of my days.

Let me know how fleeting my life is.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Show me	הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִי	hō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H3045 know
O LORD	יְהוָ֨ה׀	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
my end	קִצִּ֗י	qiṣ·ṣî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7093 end
and the measure	וּמִדַּ֣ת	ū·mid·daṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H4060 measure, measurement, stature, size, garment
of my days	יָמַ֣י	yā·may	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3117 day
Let me know	אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה	’ê·ḏə·‘āh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H3045 know
how	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
fleeting	חָדֵ֥ל	ḥā·ḏêl	Adjective - masculine singular	H2310 forbearing, lacking
my life is	אָֽנִי׃	’ā·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.