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forכִּיa windרוּחַpassesעָבְרָהover it,בּוֹand it is gone,וְאֵינֶנּוּandוְits placeמְקוֹמוֹnoלֹאlongerעוֹדrecognizes it.יַכִּירֶנּוּ
Psalms 103:16
Study it in the app“for a wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place no longer recognizes it.”
God knows our frame and remembers that we are dustDeath and Eternal Life
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 103:16, word by word
- a windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- passesעָבְרָהavra
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avra” appears- its placeמְקוֹמmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- recognizes itיַכִּירֶyakire
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “yakire” appears
The context
15A mortal, like grass are his days; like a flower of the field, so he flourishes;
16 · This verse (above)
17But the loyal love of YHWH is from eternity to eternity upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to the sons of sons,