For a thousand
'eleph (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
years
shaneh (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
in thy sight
`ayin (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
are but as
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
yesterday
'ethmowl (eth-mole')
heretofore; definitely yesterday -- + before (that) time, + heretofore, of late (old), + times past, yester(day).
when it is past
`abar (aw-bar')
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
and as a watch
'ashmurah (ash-moo-raw')
a night watch -- watch.
in the night
layil (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
