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Psalms 18:17

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He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.	He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.	They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He delivered^H5337 me from my strong^H5794 enemy^H341, and from them which hated^H8130 me: for they were too strong^H553 for me.

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Original Hebrew

יִשְׁלַח מִמָּרֹום יִקָּחֵנִי יַמְשֵׁנִי מִמַּיִם רַבִּים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יִשְׁלַ֣ח	yish.Lach	H7971	HVqi3ms	he stretched out
מִ֭/מָּרוֹם	Mi./ma.rom	H4791	HR/Ncmsa	from/ a high place
יִקָּחֵ֑/נִי	yi.ka.Che./ni	H3947	HVqi3ms/Sp1cs	he took hold of/ me
יַֽ֝מְשֵׁ֗/נִי	yam.She./ni	H4871	HVhi3ms/Sp1cs	he drew/ me
מִ/מַּ֥יִם	mi./Ma.yim	H4325	HR/Ncmpa	from/ waters
רַבִּֽים	ra.Bim	H7227	HAampa	many

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

Strong's References

• H341 — אֹיֵב (ʼôyêb, o-yabe'): or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of אָיַב; hating; an adversary; enemy, foe.
• H553 — אָמַץ (ʼâmats, aw-mats'): a primitive root; to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage); confirm, be courageous (of good courage, stedfastly minded, strong, stronger), establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen (self), make strong (obstinate, speed).
• H5337 — נָצַל (nâtsal, naw-tsal'): a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
• H5794 — עַז (ʻaz, az): from עָזַז; strong, vehement, harsh; fierce, [phrase] greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong.
• H8130 — שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ, saw-nay'): a primitive root; to hate (personally); enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.

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

• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4791 — מָרוֹם (mârôwm, maw-rome'): from רוּם; altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft); (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
• H4871 — מָשָׁה (mâshâh, maw-shaw'): a primitive root; to pull out (literally or figuratively); draw(out).
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

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