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LORD , make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am . (KJV)

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הוֹדִ֘יעֵ֤נִיho.Di.'E.nimake known to me

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 1

יְהוָ֨ה\׀Yah.wehO Yahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 2

קִצִּ֗יki.Tziend my

Lemma: קֵץ (qets) · Strong's: H7093

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: end

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 4:3, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 41:1, Exodus 12:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7093; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 3

וּמִדַּ֣תu.mi.Datand [the] measure of

Lemma: מִדָּה (mid.dah) · Strong's: H4060A

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

Meaning: measure

Used 53 times. Also: Exodus 26:2, Exodus 26:8, Exodus 36:9, Exodus 36:15, Leviticus 19:35, Numbers 13:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4060A; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 4

יָמַ֣יya.Maidays my

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 39:4 word 5

מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 6

הִ֑יאHi'[is] it

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 7

אֵ֝דְעָ֗ה'e.de.'Ahlet me know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 8

מֶה\־meh-how!

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 9

חָדֵ֥לcha.Delfleeting

Lemma: חָדֵל (cha.del) · Strong's: H2310

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

Meaning: rejected/fleeting

Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 53:3, Ezekiel 3:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2310; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 10

אָֽנִי\׃'A.ni[am] I

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Psalms 39:4 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

Show me	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
O LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
my end	→	קֵץ H7093 end
and the measure	→	מִדָּה H4060A measure
of my days	→	יוֹם H3117G day
Let me know	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
. . .	→	מָה H4100 what?
how	→	מָה H4100 what?
. . .	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
fleeting	→	חָדֵל H2310 rejected/fleeting
my life is	→	אֲנִי H0589 I

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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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