Psalms 55:8

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Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.	I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.	Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I would hasten^H2363 my escape^H4655 from the windy^H7307 storm^H5584 and tempest^H5591.

Original Hebrew

הִנֵּה אַרְחִיק נְדֹד אָלִין בַּמִּדְבָּר סֶלָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הִ֭נֵּה	Hi.neh	H2009	HTm	here!
אַרְחִ֣יק	'ar.Chik	H7368	HVhi1cs	I want to be far away
נְדֹ֑ד	ne.Dod	H5074	HVqc	(surely) to flee
אָלִ֖ין	'a.Lin	H3885	HVqi1cs	I want to lodge
בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֣ר	ba./mid.Bar	H4057	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ wilderness
סֶֽלָה	Se.lah	H5542	HTj	Selah

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

Strong's References

H2363 — חוּשׁ (chûwsh, koosh): a primitive root; to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment; (make) haste(-n), ready.
H4655 — מִפְלָט (miphlâṭ, mif-lawt'): from פָּלַט; an escape; escape.
H5584 — סָעָה (çâʻâh, saw-aw'): a primitive root; to rush; storm.
H5591 — סַעַר (çaʻar, sah'-ar): or (feminine) סְעָרָה; from סָעַר; a hurricane; storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.
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:

H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
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).

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Reciprocal references (2): 2 Samuel 17:16, Job 40:23

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