Forty
'arba`iym (ar-baw-eem')
forty -- forty.
years
shaneh (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
long was I grieved
quwt (koot)
to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) detest -- begrieved, loathe self.
with this generation
dowr (dore)
a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling -- age, evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
and said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
It is a people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
that do err
ta`ah (taw-aw')
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray; also causative of both
in their heart
lebab (lay-bawb')
the heart (as the most interior organ)
and they have not known
yada` (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
my ways
derek (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb