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Psalms 55:5

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My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.	Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.	And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Fearfulness^H3374 and trembling^H7461 are come^H935 upon me, and horror^H6427 hath overwhelmed^H3680 me.

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Original Hebrew

לִבִּי יָחִיל בְּקִרְבִּי וְאֵימֹות מָוֶת נָפְלוּ עָלָי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לִ֭בִּ/י	Li.b/i	H3820	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	heart/ my
יָחִ֣יל	ya.Chil	H2342	HVqi3ms	it trembles
בְּ/קִרְבִּ֑/י	be./kir.B/i	H7130	HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs	(in)/ within/ me
וְ/אֵימ֥וֹת	ve./'ei.Mot	H367	HC/Ncfpc	and/ (the) terrors of
מָ֝֗וֶת	Ma.vet	H4194	HNcmsa	death
נָפְל֥וּ	na.fe.Lu	H5307	HVqp3cp	they have fallen
עָלָֽ/י	'a.La/i	H5921	HR/Sp1cs	on/ me

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

Strong's References

• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H3374 — יִרְאָה (yirʼâh, yir-aw'): feminine of יָרֵא; fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence; [idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
• H3680 — כָּסָה (kâçâh, kaw-saw'): a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy); clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare כָּשָׂה.
• H6427 — פַּלָּצוּת (pallâtsûwth, pal-law-tsooth'): from פָּלַץ; affright; fearfulness, horror, trembling.
• H7461 — רַעַד (raʻad, rah'-ad): or (feminine) רְעָדָהxlit rᵉâdâh corrected to rᵉʻâdâh; from רָעַד; a shudder; trembling.

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

• H367 — אֵימָה (ʼêymâh, ay-maw'): or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as אָיֹם; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear); dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.
• H2342 — חוּל (chûwl, khool): or חִיל; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert; bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H4194 — מָוֶת (mâveth, maw'-veth): from מוּת; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
• H5307 — נָפַל (nâphal, naw-fal'): a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H7130 — קֶרֶב (qereb, keh'-reb): from קָרַב; properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition); [idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] within self.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Fearfulness — 2 Samuel 15:14, Job 6:4, Job 23:15-16, Psalms 119:120
• horror — Psalms 42:6, Psalms 61:2, Psalms 88:15-16, Luke 22:44

Reciprocal references (11): Genesis 27:33, Genesis 32:7, Job 3:17, Psalms 42:5, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 77:3, Psalms 102:4, Psalms 143:4, Proverbs 18:14, Isaiah 24:5, Ezekiel 7:18

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: FEAR, UNHOLY
• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES

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