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The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (KJV)
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יְמֵֽי\־ye.mei-[the] days of
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: day: year
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 24:1, Genesis 41:1, Exodus 13:10, Leviticus 25:29, Joshua 13:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117I; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 1
שְׁנוֹתֵ֨ינוּshe.no.Tei.nuyears our
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 2
שִׁבְעִ֪יםshiv.'Im[are] seventy
Lemma: שִׁבְעִים (shiv.im) · Strong's: H7657
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: seventy
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:12, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7657; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 3
שָׁנָ֡הsha.Nahyear[s]
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 4
וְאִ֤םve.'Imand if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 5
בִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת\׀big.vu.Rotby strength<s>
Lemma: גְּבוּרָה (ge.vu.rah) · Strong's: H1369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: might
Used 60 times. Also: Exodus 32:18, Deuteronomy 3:24, Judges 5:31, Judges 8:21, 1 Kings 15:23, 1 Kings 16:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1369; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 6
שְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤יםshe.Mo.Nimeighty
Lemma: שְׁמֹנִים (she.mo.nim) · Strong's: H8084
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: eighty
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:28, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 35:28, Exodus 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8084; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 7
שָׁנָ֗הsha.Nahyear[s]
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 8
וְ֭רָהְבָּםVe.ra.he.bomand pride their
Lemma: רֹ֫הָב (ro.hav) · Strong's: H7296
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: pride
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7296; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 9
עָמָ֣ל'a.Mal[is] toil
Lemma: עָמָל (a.mal) · Strong's: H5999
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: trouble
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 41:51, Numbers 23:21, Deuteronomy 26:7, Judges 10:16, Job 3:10, Job 4:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5999; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 10
וָאָ֑וֶןva.'A.venand trouble
Lemma: אָ֫וֶן (a.ven) · Strong's: H0205H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: evil: trouble
Used 11 times. Also: Numbers 23:21, Deuteronomy 26:14, Job 5:6, Proverbs 12:21, Proverbs 22:8, Isaiah 41:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0205H; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 11
כִּי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 12
גָ֥זgazit passes away
Lemma: גּוּז (guz) · Strong's: H1468
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to cut off
Used 2 times. Also: Numbers 11:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1468; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 13
חִ֝֗ישׁChishquickly
Lemma: חִישׁ (chish) · Strong's: H2440
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: quickly
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2440; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 14
וַנָּעֻֽפָה\׃va.na.'U.fahand we flew away !
Lemma: עוּף (uph) · Strong's: H5774A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqw1cp)
Meaning: to fly
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Deuteronomy 4:17, 2 Samuel 22:11, Job 5:7, Job 20:8, Psalms 18:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5774A; TAHOT Psalms 90:10 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The length of our days | → | יוֹם H3117I day: year |
| . . . | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| is seventy | → | שִׁבְעִים H7657 seventy |
| years | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| or eighty | → | שְׁמֹנִים H8084 eighty |
| if we are strong | → | אִם H0518A if |
| . . . | → | גְּבוּרָה H1369 might |
| yet their pride | → | רֹ֫הָב H7296 pride |
| is but labor | → | עָמָל H5999 trouble |
| and sorrow | → | אָ֫וֶן H0205H evil: trouble |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| they quickly | → | חִישׁ H2440 quickly |
| pass | → | גּוּז H1468 to cut off |
| and we fly away | → | עוּף H5774A to fly |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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