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“Make me know,הוֹדִיעֵנִיYHWH,יְהוָהmy endקִצִּיand the measureוּמִדַּתof my days,יָמַיwhatמַהit is;הִיאlet me knowאֵדְעָהhowמֶהfleetingחָדֵלI am.אָנִי
Psalms 39:4
Study it in the app““Make me know, YHWH, my end and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how fleeting I am.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 39:4, word by word
- “Make me knowהוֹדִיעֵhodie
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “hodie” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- my endקִצִּkitsi
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kitsi” appears- and the measureמִדַּתmidat
measure
The size or measure of something.
Where else “midat” appears- of my daysיָמַyama
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yama” appears- fleetingחָדֵלchadel
fleeting
Lasting little and ending.
Where else “chadel” appears
The context
3My heart grew hot within me; in my murmuring a fire burned; I spoke with my tongue:
4 · This verse (above)
5Look, as handbreadths you have made my days, and my lifetime is as nothing before you; only a vapor is every human being standing firm. Selah.