KJV: Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
YLT: Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
Darby: Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?
ASV: Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
זְכָר־ | Remind |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: זָכַר Sense: to remember, recall, call to mind. |
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אֲנִ֥י | me |
Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular Root: אֲנִי Sense: I (first pers. |
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מֶה־ | how |
Parse: Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind. |
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חָ֑לֶד | short [life is] |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חֶלֶד Sense: age, duration of life, the world. |
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؟ שָּׁ֝֗וְא | and futility |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁוְא Sense: emptiness, vanity, falsehood. |
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בָּרָ֥אתָ | have You created |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: בָּרָא Sense: to create, shape, form. |
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בְּנֵי־ | the sons |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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אָדָֽם | of men |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אָדָם Sense: man, mankind. |