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Psalms 144:3

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

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יְֽהוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מָהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.אָ֭דָםadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.וַתֵּדָעֵ֑הוּvatedaehvand knowיָדַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and know”, the next action in the storyH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…בֶּןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁenoshmanאֱנוֹשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “man”, the ordinary formH582a man in general (singly or collectively)another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It…וַֽתְּחַשְּׁבֵֽהוּvatchashvehvand regardחָשַׁבconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and regard”, the next action in the storyH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

LORD, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah, what [is] man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

World English Bible

Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

Darby Translation

Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?

Douay-Rheims

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

LORD, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou takest account of him?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριε, τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι ἐγνώσθης αὐτῷ; ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι λογίζῃ αὐτόν;