KJV: Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
YLT: They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
Darby: Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,
ASV: Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
יִ֭הְיוּ | Let them be |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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כַּחֲצִ֣יר | as the grass |
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: חָצִיר Sense: grass, leek, green grass, herbage. |
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גַּגּ֑וֹת | [on] the housetops |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: גָּג Sense: roof, top, housetop. |
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שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת | which before |
Parse: Pronoun, relative, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: קַדְמָה Sense: antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin. |
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שָׁלַ֣ף | it grows up |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁלַף Sense: to draw out or off, take off. |
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יָבֵֽשׁ | withers |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָבֵשׁ Sense: to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered. |