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Forכִּיwe areאֲנַחְנוּresident aliensגֵרִיםbefore youלְפָנֶיךָand temporary residents,וְתוֹשָׁבִיםlike allכְּכָלour fathers;אֲבֹתֵינוּlike a shadowכַּצֵּלare our daysיָמֵינוּonעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץand there is noוְאֵיןhope.מִקְוֶה
1 Chronicles 29:15
Study it in the app“For we are resident aliens before you and temporary residents, like all our fathers; like a shadow are our days on the earth, and there is no hope.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 29:15, word by word
- resident aliensגֵרִיםgerim
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “gerim” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- and temporary residentsתוֹשָׁבִיםtoshavim
sojourner, settler
Sojourner, settler: someone who lives in a place without being from there or owning land.
Where else “toshavim” appears- our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- like a shadowצֵּלtsel
shadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appears- are our daysיָמֵיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- hopeמִקְוֶהmikve
hope
What is awaited with confidence; YHWH is Israel's hope.
Where else “mikve” appears
Translation note
“There is no hope”: of remaining; life on the earth passes like a shadow.
The context
14For who am I, and who are my people, that we should have strength to offer willingly like this? For from you comes everything, and from your hand we have given to you.
15 · This verse (above)
16YHWH our Elohim, all this abundance that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name is from your hand, and all is yours.