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waste <BR> 1b) (Hophal) to be imposed, be set upon">7896</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7896.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7896 -- Occurrence 59 of 83">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">תָּֽשֶׁת־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/tashet_7896.htm" title="ta·shet-: appoint -- Occurrence 3 of 3.">tā-šeṯ-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">You make</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular">V-Qal-Imperf-2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2822: 1) darkness, obscurity <BR> 1a) darkness <BR> 1b) secret place">2822</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2822.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2822 -- Occurrence 42 of 80">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">חֹ֭שֶׁךְ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/choshech_2822.htm" title="Cho·shech: darkness -- Occurrence 27 of 47.">ḥō-šeḵ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">darkness</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) ----- <BR> 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass <BR> 1a1b) to come about, come to pass <BR> 1a2) to come into being, become <BR> 1a2a) to arise, appear, come <BR> 1a2b) to become <BR> 1a2b1) to become <BR> 1a2b2) to become like <BR> 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established <BR> 1a3) to be <BR> 1a3a) to exist, be in existence <BR> 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) <BR> 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) <BR> 1a3d) to accompany, be with <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about <BR> 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1961 -- Occurrence 2397 of 3561">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וִ֣יהִי<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vihi_1961.htm" title="Vi·hi: becomes -- Occurrence 27 of 32.">wî-hî</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and it is</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular">Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3915: 1) night <BR> 1a) night (as opposed to day) <BR> 1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)">3915</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3915 -- Occurrence 174 of 233">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לָ֑יְלָה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/layelah_3915.htm" title="La·ye·lah;: night -- Occurrence 26 of 33.">lā-yə-lāh;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">night</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"> </span> </td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">בּֽוֹ־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm" title="bov-">bōw-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">in which</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition :: third person masculine singular">Prep | 3ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7430.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7430: 1) to creep, move lightly, move about, walk on all fours <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to creep, teem (of all creeping things) <BR> 1a2) to creep (of animals) <BR> 1a3) to move lightly, glide about (of water animals) <BR> 1a4) to move about (of all land animals generally)">7430</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7430.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7430 -- Occurrence 16 of 17">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/tirmos_7430.htm" title="tir·Mos,: prowl -- Occurrence 3 of 3.">ṯir-mōś,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">creep about</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular">V-Qal-Imperf-3fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole <BR> 1a) all, the whole of <BR> 1b) any, each, every, anything <BR> 1c) totality, everything">3605</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3605 -- Occurrence 3802 of 5418">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">כָּל־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/kol_3605.htm" title="kol-: all -- Occurrence 1902 of 2745.">kāl-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">all</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct">N-msc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj <BR> 1) living, alive <BR> 1a) green (of vegetation) <BR> 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) <BR> 1c) lively, active (of man) <BR> 1d) reviving (of the springtime) <BR> n m <BR> 2) relatives <BR> 3) life (abstract emphatic) <BR> 3a) life <BR> 3b) sustenance, maintenance <BR> n f <BR> 4) living thing, animal <BR> 4a) animal <BR> 4b) life <BR> 4c) appetite <BR> 4d) revival, renewal <BR> 5) community">2416</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2416 -- Occurrence 312 of 503">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">חַיְתוֹ־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chaytov_2416.htm" title="chay·tov-: the beasts -- Occurrence 2 of 3.">ḥay-ṯōw-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the beasts</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine singular construct :: third person masculine singular">N-fsc | 3ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3293.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3293: 1) forest, wood, thicket, wooded height">3293</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3293.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3293 -- Occurrence 22 of 58">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יָֽעַר׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yaar_3293.htm" title="Ya·'ar.: of the forest -- Occurrence 12 of 24.">yā-‘ar.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of the forest</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' 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href="//interlinearbible.org/psalms/104.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7896.htm" title="ta·shet-: appoint -- 7896: to put, set">תָּֽשֶׁת־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2822.htm" title="cho·shech: darkness -- 2822: darkness, obscurity">חֹ֭שֶׁךְ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1961.htm" title="vi·hi: becomes -- 1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, be">וִ֣יהִי</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3915.htm" title="la·ye·lah;: night -- 3915: night">לָ֑יְלָה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com" title="bov-">בֹּֽו־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7430.htm" title="tir·mos: prowl -- 7430: to creep, move lightly, move about">תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3605.htm" title="kol-: all -- 3605: the whole, all">כָּל־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2416.htm" title="chay·tov-: the beasts -- 2416: alive, living">חַיְתֹו־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3293.htm" title="ya·'ar.: of the forest -- 3293: wood, forest, thicket">יָֽעַר׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/psalms/104.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7896.htm" title="shiyth (sheeth) -- apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on)">Thou makest</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2822.htm" title="choshek (kho-shek') -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity">darkness</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3915.htm" title="layil (lah'-yil) -- ((mid-))night (season)">and it is night</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2416.htm" title="chay (khah'-ee) -- + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop">wherein all the beasts</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3293.htm" title="ya'ar (yah'-ar) -- (honey-)comb, forest, wood">of the forest</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7430.htm" title="ramas (raw-mas') -- creep, move">do creep forth</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/104.htm">תהילים 104:20 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">תָּֽשֶׁת־חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וִ֣יהִי לָ֑יְלָה בֹּֽו־תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ כָּל־חַיְתֹו־יָֽעַר׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/104.htm">תהילים 104:20 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">תשת־חשך ויהי לילה בו־תרמש כל־חיתו־יער׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/104.htm">תהילים 104:20 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">תשת־חשך ויהי לילה בו־תרמש כל־חיתו־יער׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/psalms/104.htm">תהילים 104:20 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">תשת חשך ויהי לילה בו תרמש כל חיתו יער׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/psalms/104-20.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/104.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/104.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep <i>forth</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/104.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals stir. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">makest</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/74-16.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 74:16</span> The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/psalms/139-10.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Psalm 139:10-12</span> Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/genesis/1-4.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Genesis 1:4,5</span> And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/genesis/8-22.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Genesis 8:22</span> While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 45:7</span> I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/amos/1-13.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Amos 1:13</span> Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, …</a></p><p class="hdg">of the forest do creep forth. 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