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Psalms 78:39 Interlinear

“For he remembered that they were but flesh a wind that passeth away and cometh not again”

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Psalms 78 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַ֭יִּזְכֹּר	H2142	For he remembered	properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
2	כִּי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
3	בָשָׂ֣ר	H1320	that they were but flesh	flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
4	הֵ֑מָּה	H1992		they (only used when emphatic)
5	ר֥וּחַ	H7307	a wind	wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
6	ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ	H1980	that passeth away	to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
7	וְלֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
8	יָשֽׁוּב׃	H7725	and cometh not again	to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

Psalms 78:39 (current)For he remembered that they were but flesh a wind that passeth away and cometh not again