Psalms 129:6

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Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.	Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:	Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Let them be as the grass^H2682 upon the housetops^H1406, which withereth^H3001 afore^H6927 it groweth up^H8025:

Original Hebrew

יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגֹּות שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵשׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יִ֭הְיוּ	Yih.yu	H1961	HVqi3mp	may they be
כַּ/חֲצִ֣יר	ka./cha.Tzir	H2682	HR/Ncmsc	like/ (the) grass of
גַּגּ֑וֹת	ga.Got	H1406	HNcmpa	roofs
שֶׁ/קַּדְמַ֖ת	she./kad.Mat	H6927	HTr/Ncfsc	that/ before
שָׁלַ֣ף	sha.Laf	H8025	HVqp3ms	it has shot up
יָבֵֽשׁ	ya.Vesh	H3001	HVqp3ms	it has withered

Strong's References

H1406 — גָּג (gâg, gawg): probably by reduplication from גָּאָה (gâʼâh) H1342; a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar; roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
H2682 — חָצִיר (châtsîyr, khaw-tseer'): perhaps originally the same as חָצִיר (châtsîyr) H2681, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek (collectively); grass, hay, herb, leek.
H3001 — יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'): a primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage); be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).
H6927 — קַדְמָה (qadmâh, kad-maw'): from קָדַם (qâdam) H6923; priority (in time); also used adverbially (before); afore, antiquity, former (old) estate.
H8025 — שָׁלַף (shâlaph, saw-laf'): a primitive root; to pull out, up or off; draw (off), grow up, pluck off.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

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