Psalms 103:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.”

Psalms 103:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 103:169 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

ifconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

ר֣וּחַrwḥa

a windnounH7307

anger · blast · breath · cool ···

עָֽבְרָהʿābərāh

it passes byverbH5674

alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···

בּ֣/וֹbwō

pron

וְ/אֵינֶ֑/נּוּwəʾēynenw

and there not is itconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַכִּירֶ֖/נּוּyakiyrenw

it will recognize itverbH5234

could · deliver · discern · dissemble ···

ע֣וֹדʿwōd

againadvH5750

all life long · at all · besides · but ···

מְקוֹמֽ/וֹməqwōmwō

place itsnounH4725

home · open · place · room ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 103:16

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul! And all that is within me, His holy Name” Psalm 102:1. I suppose that he speaks not of what is within the body; I do not suppose him to mean this, that our lungs and liver, and so forth, are to burst forth into the voice of blessing of the Lord. There are lungs in our breast indeed, like a kind of bellows, which send forth successive breathings, which breathing forth of the air inhaled is pressed out into voice and sound, when the words are…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 103 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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