Psalms 104:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

Transliteration

yāsad-ʾereṣ ʿal-mĕkônehā bal-timmôṭ ʿôlām wāʿed

Grammar Details

*yāsad*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he founded
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth, land
*ʿal*: preposition - upon, on
*mĕkônehā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her foundations/bases
*bal*: negative particle - not
*timmôṭ*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be moved/shaken
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever, eternity
*wāʿed*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and ever/perpetuity

Word Meanings

*yāsad*: founded, established, set, fixed
*ʾereṣ*: earth, land, ground, world
*mĕkônehā*: her foundations, her bases, her places
*timmôṭ*: be moved, be shaken, totter, slip
*ʿôlām*: forever, eternal, perpetual, ancient time
*ʿed*: ever, perpetuity, continuing future

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Referenced Verses

Ps 24:2 : 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Job 26:7 : 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Ps 96:10 : 10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Ps 136:6 : 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Eccl 1:4 : 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Rev 6:14 : 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Ps 93:1 : 1 The LORD reigneth{H8804)}, he is clothed{H8804)} with majesty; the LORD is clothed{H8804)} with strength, wherewith he hath girded{H8694)} himself: the world also is stablished{H8735)}, that it cannot be moved{H8735)}.
Job 38:4-7 : 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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