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Forכִּיlike the grassכֶחָצִירquicklyמְהֵרָהthey will be cut down,יִמָּלוּand like the greenוּכְיֶרֶקof the pastureדֶּשֶׁאthey will wither.יִבּוֹלוּן
Psalms 37:2
Study it in the app“For like the grass quickly they will be cut down, and like the green of the pasture they will wither.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 37:2, word by word
- like the grassחָצִירchatsir
grass
Grass that soon withers.
Where else “chatsir” appears- quicklyמְהֵרָהmehera
haste, quickly
Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."
Where else “mehera” appears- they will be cut downיִמָּלוּyimalu
be circumcised
Be lopped off; have the foreskin removed.
Where else “yimalu” appears- and like the greenיֶרֶקyerek
green plants
What is green: green plants, fresh grass.
Where else “yerek” appears- of the pastureדֶּשֶׁאdeshe
vegetation
Tender vegetation that sprouts: new grass, green growth.
Where else “deshe” appears- they will witherיִבּוֹלוּyibolu
wither
To dry up like a leaf, or lose strength.
Where else “yibolu” appears
The context
1Of David. Do not get heated because of evildoers; do not be envious of those who do injustice.
2 · This verse (above)
3Trust in YHWH and do good; dwell in the land and feed on faithfulness.