Psalms 103:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י ר֣וּחַ עָֽבְרָה־בּ֣וֹ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

For rûaḥ ʿābrāh-bô wə-ʾênennû wə-not-yakkîrennû ʿôd məqômô

Grammar Details

*rûaḥ*: feminine singular noun - wind
*ʿābrāh*-*bô*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular with preposition *bə* and 3rd person masculine singular suffix - passes over him
*wə*-*ʾênennû*: conjunction with particle of negation with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he is not
*yakkîrennû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix with prefixed negative particle - will not recognize him
*ʿôd*: adverb - again/still/yet
*məqômô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his place

Word Meanings

*rûaḥ*: wind/breath/spirit
*ʿābrāh*-*bô*: passes over him/blows upon him
*ʾênennû*: he is not/he is gone/he is no more
*yakkîrennû*: recognize him/acknowledge him/know him
*məqômô*: his place/his location/his position

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 40:7 : 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.
Job 20:9 : 9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
Gen 5:24 : 24 and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Job 7:6-9 : 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope. 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
Job 8:18-19 : 18 If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.
Job 14:10 : 10 But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 27:20-21 : 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

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