Psalm 90:5

Hebrew	זְ֭רַמְתָּם שֵׁנָ֣ה יִהְי֑וּplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר כֶּחָצִ֥יר יַחֲלֹֽף
ESV	You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
NIV	You sweep men away in the sleep of death; they are like the new grass of the morning-
NLT	You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning.
LXX	τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ ἐξουδενώματα αὐτῶνplugin-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) ἔτη ἔσονταιplugin-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. τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ πρωὶ ὡσεὶ χλόη παρέλθοι
KJV	Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

^{Psalm 90:4 ← Psalm 90:5 → Psalm 90:6}

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