Psalms 90:4 Go deeper

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

כִּ֤יkifor

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 90:4 word 1

אֶ֪לֶף'E.lefa thousand

Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: thousand

Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT Psalms 90:4 word 2

שָׁנִ֡יםsha.Nimyears

Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141

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

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 90:4 word 3

בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view your

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye: seeing

Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 30:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869H; TAHOT Psalms 90:4 word 4

כְּי֣וֹםke.Yom[are] like a day of

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

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

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 90:4 word 5

אֶ֭תְמוֹל'Et.molyesterday

Lemma: אֶתְמוֹל (et.mol) · Strong's: H0865

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: previously

Used 8 times. Also: 1 Samuel 4:7, 1 Samuel 10:11, 1 Samuel 14:21, 1 Samuel 19:7, 2 Samuel 5:2, Isaiah 30:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0865; TAHOT Psalms 90:4 word 6

כִּ֣יkithat

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 90:4 word 7

יַעֲבֹ֑רya.'a.Vorit passes

Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A

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

Meaning: to pass

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Psalms 90:4 word 8

וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥הve.'ash.mu.Rahand a watch

Lemma: אַשְׁמוּרָה (ash.mu.rah) · Strong's: H0821

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: watch

Used 7 times. Also: Exodus 14:24, Judges 7:19, 1 Samuel 11:11, Psalms 63:6, Psalms 119:148, Lamentations 2:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0821; TAHOT Psalms 90:4 word 9

בַלָּֽיְלָה\׃va.La.ye.lahin the night

Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: night

Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Psalms 90:4 word 10

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
in Your sight	→	עַ֫יִן H5869H eye: seeing
a thousand	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
years	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year
are but	→	יוֹם H3117G day
a day	→	אֶתְמוֹל H0865 previously
that	→	כִּי H3588A for
passes	→	עָבַר H5674A to pass
or a watch	→	אַשְׁמוּרָה H0821 watch
of the night	→	לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night

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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