Psalms 147:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַנֹּתֵ֣ן שֶׁ֣לֶג כַּצָּ֑מֶר כְּ֝פ֗וֹר כָּאֵ֥פֶר יְפַזֵּֽר׃

Transliteration

Hannōṯēn sheleg katstsāmer kephōwr kāʾēpher yephazzēr

Grammar Details

*Hannōṯēn*: participle with definite article, masculine singular, Qal - the one giving
*sheleg*: noun, masculine singular - snow
*katstsāmer*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the wool
*kephōwr*: noun, masculine singular - frost
*kāʾēpher*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the ashes
*yephazzēr*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Piel - he scatters

Word Meanings

*Hannōṯēn*: gives/provides/sends
*sheleg*: snow
*tsāmer*: wool/fleece
*kephōwr*: frost/hoarfrost
*ʾēpher*: ashes/dust
*yephazzēr*: scatters/spreads/disperses

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 37:6 : 6 For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.
Job 38:29 : 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Ps 148:8 : 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
Isa 55:10 : 10 For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
Job 37:9-9 : 9 Out of the chamber [of the south] cometh the storm, And cold out of the north. 10 By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.

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9Out of the chamber [of the south] cometh the storm, And cold out of the north.
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29Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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