Psalms 104:17

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:12 : 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Lev 11:19 : 19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Jer 8:7 : 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Ezek 31:6 : 6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Dan 4:21 : 21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
Obad 1:4 : 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Matt 13:32 : 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

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