Psalm 144:3

Hebrew	יְֽהוָ֗הplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigיְהוָֹה hebrew Meaning * Yahweh - God's personal name It is not a generic term for “god”, but rather the word יְהוָֹה (YHWH) is the name by which God uniquely identifies himself in the Old Testament. First appearing in Genesis 2:4, it occurs over 6,000 times in the Old Testament.Exodus 3:14Deuteronomy 6:4Psalm 23:1Romans 10:13Joel 2:32Exodus 20:7Psalm 18:1Exodus 15:3Psalm 8:1Genesis 2:41 Samuel 1:3Judges 6:24Genesis 22:14Jeremiah 23:6 מָה אָ֭דָם וַתֵּדָעֵ֑הוּ בֶּן אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ וַֽתְּחַשְּׁבֵֽהוּ
ESV	O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
NIV	O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him?
NLT	O LORD, who are we that you should notice us, mere mortals that you should care for us?
LXX	κύριε τί ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἄνθρωπος ὅτι ἐγνώσθης αὐτῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι λογίζῃ αὐτόνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
KJV	LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

^{Psalm 144:2 ← Psalm 144:3 → Psalm 144:4}

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