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You setתָּשֶׁתdarkness,חֹשֶׁךְand it isוִיהִיnight;לָיְלָהin itבּוֹallכָּלthe animalsחַיְתוֹof the forestיָעַרcreep about.תִרְמֹשׂ
Psalms 104:20
Study it in the app“You set darkness, and it is night; in it all the animals of the forest creep about.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 104:20, word by word
- You setתָּשֶׁתtashet
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “tashet” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
darkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appears- and it isיהִיyhi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yhi” appears- nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- the animalsחַיְתchayt
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayt” appears- of the forestיָעַרyaar
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appears- creep aboutתִרְמֹשׂtirmos
creep, move
Move along the ground or glide: creep, crawl. It is said of small land animals and also of those that move in the water.
Where else “tirmos” appears
The context
19He made the moon for the appointed times; the sun knows its setting.
20 · This verse (above)
21The young lions roar for prey, and to seek from El their food.