Psalms 37:2
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.This verse in the real world
In what words
- נָמַלnâmalto become clipped or (specifically) circumcised
- יֶרֶקyereqproperly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concrete
- חָצִירchâtsîyrgrass; also a leek (collectively)
- מְהֵרָהmᵉhêrâhproperly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
- נָבֵלnâbêlto wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wi
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 92:7, Psa 90:5–6, Jas 1:10–11, Job 14:2, Psa 37:35–36, Job 20:5–9, Psa 73:17–20, 1Pe 1:24