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Psalms 104:20

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← Psalms 104:19	Psalms 104:20 (KJV)	Psalms 104:21 →
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.	Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].	The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou makest^H7896 darkness^H2822, and it is night^H3915: wherein all the beasts^H2416 of the forest^H3293 do creep^H7430 forth.

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Original Hebrew

תָּשֶׁת־חֹשֶׁךְ וִיהִי לָיְלָה בֹּו־תִרְמֹשׂ כָּל־חַיְתֹו־יָעַר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
תָּֽשֶׁת	ta.shet-	H7896	HVqi2ms	you make
חֹ֭שֶׁךְ	Cho.shekh	H2822	HNcmsa	darkness
וִ֣/יהִי	Vi./hi	H1961	HC/Vqi3ms	and/ it may be
לָ֑יְלָה	La.ye.lah	H3915	HNcmsa	night
בּֽ/וֹ	bo/v-		HR/Sp3ms	in/ it
תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ	tir.Mos	H7430	HVqi3fs	it moves about
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
חַיְת/וֹ	chay.tov-	H2416	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	animal of
יָֽעַר	Ya.'ar	H3293	HNcmsa	(the) forest

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
• H3293 — יַעַר (yaʻar, yah'-ar): from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees); (honey-) comb, forest, wood.
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H7430 — רָמַשׂ (râmas, raw-mas'): a primitive root; properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm; creep, move.
• H7896 — שִׁית (shîyth, sheeth): a primitive root; to place (in a very wide application); apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• makest — Genesis 1:4-5, Genesis 8:22, Psalms 74:16, Psalms 139:10-12, Isaiah 45:7, Amos 1:13

Reciprocal references (7): Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 9:2, Job 38:19, Psalms 65:8, Jeremiah 5:6, Amos 5:8

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: LIGHT-DARKNESS
• Torrey’s: DARKNESS, FORESTS, NIGHT
• Nave’s: ANIMALS, BLESSING, CREEPING THINGS, GOD, METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA

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