Psalms 104:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֭ם צִפֳּרִ֣ים יְקַנֵּ֑נוּ חֲ֝סִידָ֗ה בְּרוֹשִׁ֥ים בֵּיתָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

ʾasher-shām ṣippŏrîm yĕqannēnû ḥasîdāh bĕrôshîm bêtāh

Grammar Details

*ʾasher*: relative pronoun - where
*shām*: adverb - there
*ṣippŏrîm*: noun, feminine plural - birds
*yĕqannēnû*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they make nests
*ḥasîdāh*: noun, feminine singular - stork
*bĕrôshîm*: noun, masculine plural - fir/cypress trees
*bêtāh*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her house

Word Meanings

*ʾasher*-*shām*: where, in which
*ṣippŏrîm*: birds, sparrows, small birds
*yĕqannēnû*: make nests, nest
*ḥasîdāh*: stork, heron
*bĕrôshîm*: fir trees, cypress trees, junipers
*bêtāh*: her house, her home, her nest

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:12 : 12 By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.
Lev 11:19 : 19 and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Jer 8:7 : 7 Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Ezek 31:6 : 6 All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.
Dan 4:21 : 21 whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation:
Obad 1:4 : 4 Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
Matt 13:32 : 32 which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.

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