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Psalms 55:7
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And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.
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Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
Lo, then would I wanderH5074 far offH7368, and remainH3885 in the wildernessH4057. SelahH5542.
Original Hebrew
וָאֹמַר מִי־יִתֶּן־לִּי אֵבֶר כַּיֹּונָה אָעוּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּנָה׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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וָ/אֹמַ֗ר |
va./'o.Mar | H559 | HC/Vqw1cs | and/ I said |
מִֽי |
mi- | H4310 | HTi | who? |
יִתֶּן |
yi.ten- | H5414 | HVqi3ms | will he give |
לִּ֣/י |
l/i | HR/Sp1cs | (will belong) to (the)/ me | |
אֵ֭בֶר |
'E.ver | H83 | HNcmsa | wing(s) |
כַּ/יּוֹנָ֗ה |
ka/i.yo.Nah | H3123 | HRd/Ncfsa | like (the)/ dove |
אָע֥וּפָה |
'a.'U.fah | H5774 | HVqh1cs | I want to fly away |
וְ/אֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה |
ve./'esh.Ko.nah | H7931 | HC/Vqh1cs | and/ I want to settle down |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H3885 — לוּן (lûwn, loon): or לִין; a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain); abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
- H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
- H5074 — נָדַד (nâdad, naw-dad'): a primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away; chase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
- H5542 — סֶלָה (çelâh, seh'-law): from סָלָה; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.
- H7368 — רָחַק (râchaq, raw-khak'): a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation); (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H83 — אֵבֶר (ʼêber, ay-ber'): from אָבַר; a pinion; (long-) wing(-ed).
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H3123 — יוֹנָה (yôwnâh, yo-naw'): probably from the same as יַיִן; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating); dove, pigeon.
- H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.
- H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
- H5774 — עוּף (ʻûwph, oof): a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from עוֹף); to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning); brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.
- H7931 — שָׁכַן (shâkan, shaw-kan'): a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב through the idea of lodging; compare סִכְלוּת, שָׁכַם); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively); abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Cross References
Reciprocal references (3): Psalms 11:1, Proverbs 21:19, Jeremiah 48:28
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