Psalms 39:5

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Psalms 39:5


← Psalms 39:4 Psalms 39:5 (KJV) Psalms 39:6 →
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Behold, thou hast madeH5414 my daysH3117 as an handbreadthH2947; and mine ageH2465 is as nothing before thee: verily everyH3605 manH120 at his best stateH5324 is altogetherH3605 vanityH1892. SelahH5542.


Original Hebrew

הִנֵּה טְפָחֹות ׀ נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
הִנֵּ֤ה
hi.Neh H2009 HTm here!
טְפָח֨וֹת
te.fa.Chot H2947 HNcmpa handbreadths
נָ֘תַ֤תָּה
na.Ta.tah H5414 HVqp2ms you have made
יָמַ֗/י
ya.Ma/i H3117 HNcmpc/Sp1cs days/ my
וְ/חֶלְדִּ֣/י
ve./chel.D/i H2465 HC/Ncmsc/Sp1cs and/ lifespan/ my
כְ/אַ֣יִן
khe./'A.yin H369 HR/Ncmsa (is) like/ nothing
נֶגְדֶּ֑/ךָ
neg.De./kha H5048 HR/Sp2ms before/ you
אַ֥ךְ
'akh H389 HTa (is) only
כָּֽל
kal- H3605 HNcmsc all
הֶ֥בֶל
He.vel H1892 HNcmsa vanity
כָּל
kol- H3605 HNcmsc all
אָ֝דָ֗ם
'a.Dam H120 HNcmsa humankind
נִצָּ֥ב
ni.Tzav H5324 HVNrmsa (which) stands
סֶֽלָה
Se.lah H5542 HTj Selah
Strong's References
  • H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם (ʼâdam) H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
  • H1892 — הֶבֶל (hebel, heh'bel): or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל (hăbêl); from הָבַל (hâbal) H1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
  • H2465 — חֶלֶד (cheled, kheh'-led): from an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly; life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient); age, short time, world.
  • H2947 — טֵפַח (ṭêphach, tay'-fakh): from טָפַח (ṭâphach) H2946; a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm); coping, hand-breadth.
  • H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  • H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
  • H5324 — נָצַב (nâtsab, naw-tsab'): a primitive root; to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively); appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
  • H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
  • H5542 — סֶלָה (çelâh, seh'-law): from סָלָה (çâlâh) H5541; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.

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

  • H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן (ʼayin) H370.
  • H389 — אַךְ (ʼak, ak): akin to אָכֵן (ʼâkên) H403; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only; also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
  • H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן (hên) H2005; lo!; behold, lo, see.
  • H5048 — נֶגֶד (neged, neh'-ghed): from נָגַד (nâgad) H5046; a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before; about, (over) against, [idiom] aloof, [idiom] far (off), [idiom] from, over, presence, [idiom] other side, sight, [idiom] to view.
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