Psalms 90:12 Go deeper
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So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. (KJV)
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לִמְנ֣וֹתlim.Notto count
Lemma: מָנָה (ma.nah) · Strong's: H4487
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to count
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 13:16, Numbers 23:10, 2 Samuel 24:1, 1 Kings 3:8, 1 Kings 8:5, 1 Kings 20:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4487; TAHOT Psalms 90:12 word 1
יָ֭מֵינוּYa.mei.nudays our
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 90:12 word 2
כֵּ֣ןkenthus
Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: so
Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Psalms 90:12 word 3
הוֹדַ֑עho.Da'teach [us]
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 90:12 word 4
וְ֝נָבִ֗אve.na.Vi'so we may bring
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935P
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVhu1cp)
Meaning: to come (in): bring
Used 547 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935P; TAHOT Psalms 90:12 word 5
לְבַ֣בle.Vava heart of
Lemma: לֵבָב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3824
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 252 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:26, Exodus 14:5, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3824; TAHOT Psalms 90:12 word 6
חָכְמָֽה\׃chokh.mahwisdom
Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wisdom
Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Psalms 90:12 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| teach us | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| to number | → | מָנָה H4487 to count |
| our days | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| that we may present | → | בּוֹא H0935P to come (in): bring |
| a heart | → | לֵבָב H3824 heart |
| of wisdom | → | חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom |
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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