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יָמַ֣יyamayas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…קַ֭לּוּqalvmake brightקָלַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “make bright”, a completed actionH7043to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), [idiom] slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make…מִנִּיminifromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.אָ֑רֶגaregbeamאֶרֶגnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “beam”, the ordinary formH708a weaving; a braid; also a shuttlebeam, weaver's shuttle.וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּvayikhlvand ceaseכָּלָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cease”, the next action in the storyH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…בְּאֶ֣פֶסbeefesin ankleאֶפֶסpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in ankle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH657cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or footankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).תִּקְוָֽהtiqvahexpectationתִּקְוָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “expectation”, the ordinary formH8615literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancyexpectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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American Standard Version (1901)
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.
Young’s Literal Translation
My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
World English Bible
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Darby Translation
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Douay-Rheims
My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.
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