Psalms 146:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחוֹ יָשֻׁ֣ב לְאַדְמָת֑וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַ֝ה֗וּא אָבְד֥וּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃

Transliteration

tetseʾ ruḥo yashub le-ʾadmato ba-yom ha-huʾ ʾabdu ʿeshtonotav

Grammar Details

• *tetseʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - goes out/departs
• *ruḥo*: noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his breath/spirit
• *yashub*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he returns
• *le-ʾadmato*: preposition + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his ground/earth/soil
• *ba-yom*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - in the day
• *ha-huʾ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine, singular - that
• *ʾabdu*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they perish
• *ʿeshtonotav*: noun, feminine, plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his thoughts/plans

Word Meanings

• *ruḥo*: his breath/his spirit
• *ʾadmato*: his ground/his earth/his soil/his dust
• *ʿeshtonotav*: his thoughts/his plans/his schemes/his intentions

Referenced Verses

• Ps 104:29 : 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
• Gen 2:7 : 7 And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
• 1 Cor 2:6 : 6 We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought:
• Gen 3:19 : 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
• Gen 6:17 : 17 And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.
• Job 14:21 : 21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
• Job 17:1 : 1 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
• Job 17:11 : 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
• Ps 33:10 : 10 Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
• Ps 90:3 : 3 Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
• Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
• Lam 4:20 : 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
• Dan 5:23 : 23 but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
• Job 27:3 : 3 (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
• Job 14:10 : 10 But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?