Psalm 146:4

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish."

Word-by-Word Analysis

His

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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הָלַךְ

hâlak

H1980

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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יָצָא

yâtsâʼ

H3318

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

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he

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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to his

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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in that very

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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his

מַחֲשָׁבָה

machăshâbâh

H4284

a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

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אָבַד

ʼâbad

H6

properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

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Key Terms in This Verse

returneth H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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breath H7307

רוּחַ rûwach

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...

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thoughts H4284

מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh

a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

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perish H6

אָבַד ʼâbad

properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

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goeth H1980

הָלַךְ hâlak

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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forth H3318

יָצָא yâtsâʼ

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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day H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:7 cross-reference

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Psalm 104:29 cross-reference

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Genesis 2:7 cross-reference

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 3:19 cross-reference

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

1 Corinthians 2:6 cross-reference

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

Psalm 33:10 cross-reference

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Job 17:11 cross-reference

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

Job 14:21 cross-reference

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Job 14:10 cross-reference

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Daniel 5:23 cross-reference

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and ...

Isaiah 2:22 cross-reference

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?

Job 27:3 cross-reference

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Psalm 90:3 cross-reference

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Lamentations 4:20 cross-reference

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

Job 17:1 cross-reference

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

Genesis 6:17 cross-reference

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

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