Psalms 104:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּנֶיךָ֮ יִֽבָּהֵ֫ל֥וּן תֹּסֵ֣ף ר֭וּחָם יִגְוָע֑וּן וְֽאֶל־עֲפָרָ֥ם יְשׁוּֽבוּ֥ן׃

Transliteration

You tastîr your pānîm, they yibbāhēlûn; you tōsēp their rûḥām, they yigwā'ûn, wə'el-their 'ăpārām they yəšûbûn.

Grammar Details

• *tastîr*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hide
• *pānîm*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
• *yibbāhēlûn*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they are terrified/dismayed
• *tōsēp*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you gather/take away
• *rûḥām*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their breath/spirit
• *yigwā'ûn*: qal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they expire/die/perish
• *wə'el*: conjunction with preposition - and to
• *'ăpārām*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their dust
• *yəšûbûn*: qal imperfect, 3rd person plural with paragogic nun - they return

Word Meanings

• *tastîr*: hide/conceal/withdraw
• *pānîm*: face/presence/favor
• *yibbāhēlûn*: be terrified/dismayed/troubled/alarmed
• *tōsēp*: gather/take away/remove/add
• *rûḥām*: breath/spirit/wind
• *yigwā'ûn*: expire/die/perish
• *'ăpārām*: dust/soil/earth/ground
• *yəšûbûn*: return/go back/revert

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
• Ps 30:7 : 7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
• 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.
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
• Deut 31:17 : 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
• Ps 90:3 : 3 Thou turnest{H8686)} man to destruction; and sayest{H8799)}, Return{H8798)}, ye children of men.
• Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
• Job 34:29 : 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
• Job 10:9 : 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
• Job 13:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
• Acts 17:25 : 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
• Rom 8:20-22 : 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.