Deuteronomy 34:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֹשֶׁ֗ה בֶּן־מֵאָ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה בְּמֹת֑וֹ לֹֽא־כָהֲתָ֥ה עֵינ֖וֹ וְלֹא־נָ֥ס לֵחֹֽה׃

Transliteration

And Mōšeh ben-hundred and twenty šānāh in mōtô; not kāhătāh 'ênô and not nās lēḥōh

Grammar Details

*Mōšeh*: proper noun - 'Moses'
*ben*: masculine singular construct - 'son of/age of'
*šānāh*: feminine singular - 'year'
*mōtô*: Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his death/when he died'
*kāhătāh*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'dimmed/became dim'
*'ênô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his eye'
*nās*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'fled/departed'
*lēḥōh*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his vigor/moisture'

Word Meanings

*ben*: son of/at the age of
*šānāh*: year/age
*mōtô*: his death/when he died
*kāhătāh*: dimmed/weakened/became dull
*'ênô*: his eye/his vision
*nās*: fled/departed/diminished/gone
*lēḥōh*: his vigor/his moisture/his natural force/his freshness

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Referenced Verses

Deut 31:2 : 2 And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Gen 27:1 : 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I.
Gen 48:10 : 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
Josh 14:10-11 : 10 And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.
Acts 7:23 : 23 But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Acts 7:30 : 30 And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel {G2962} appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Acts 7:36 : 36 This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in {G1093} Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

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Deut 31:30
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Josh 14:10
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