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Psalms 139:7

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[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.	Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?	If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Whither shall I go^H3212 from thy spirit^H7307? or whither shall I flee^H1272 from thy presence^H6440?

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Original Hebrew

אָנָה אֵלֵךְ מֵרוּחֶךָ וְאָנָה מִפָּנֶיךָ אֶבְרָח׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אָ֭נָ֥ה	'a.Nah	H575	HD	where?
אֵלֵ֣ךְ	'e.Lekh	H3212	HVqi1cs	will I go
מֵ/רוּחֶ֑/ךָ	me./ru.Che./kha	H7307	HR/Ncbsc/Sp2ms	from/ spirit/ your
וְ֝/אָ֗נָה	ve./'A.nah	H575	HC/Ti	and/ where?
מִ/פָּנֶ֥י/ךָ	mi./pa.Nei./kha	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp2ms	from/ presence/ your
אֶבְרָֽח	'ev.Rach	H1272	HVqi1cs	will I flee

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

Strong's References

• H1272 — בָּרַח (bârach, baw-rakh'): a primitive root; to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly; chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; 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 being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

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

• H575 — אָן (ʼân, awn): or אָנָה; contracted from אַיִן; where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither; [phrase] any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever).

Cross References

Reciprocal references (8): Exodus 20:18, Joshua 10:16, 1 Kings 8:27, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Jeremiah 43:8, Hosea 7:13, Amos 9:2, Matthew 2:19

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: PRESENCE, DIVINE
• Torrey’s: GOD, HOLY SPIRIT, THE, IS GOD
• Nave’s: GOD, HEART, HOLY SPIRIT

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