Psalms 109:8 Go deeper

Let his days be few; and let another take his office. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

יִֽהְיֽוּ\־yih.yu-may they be

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Psalms 109:8 word 1

יָמָ֥יוya.Mavdays his

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Psalms 109:8 word 2

מְעַטִּ֑יםme.'a.Timfew

Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: little

Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT Psalms 109:8 word 3

פְּ֝קֻדָּת֗וֹpe.ku.da.Tooffice his

Lemma: פְּקֻדָּה (pe.qud.dah) · Strong's: H6486

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: punishment

Used 32 times. Also: Numbers 3:32, Numbers 3:36, Numbers 4:16, Numbers 16:29, 2 Kings 11:18, 1 Chronicles 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6486; TAHOT Psalms 109:8 word 4

יִקַּ֥חyi.Kachmay he take

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to take: take

Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Psalms 109:8 word 5

אַחֵֽר\׃'a.Cheranother

Lemma: אַחֵר (a.cher) · Strong's: H0312

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: another

Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0312; TAHOT Psalms 109:8 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

May his days	→	יוֹם H3117G day
be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
few	→	מְעַט H4592 little
may another	→	אַחֵר H0312 another
take	→	לָקַח H3947G to take: take
his position	→	פְּקֻדָּה H6486 punishment

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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