Verse 5

{ "verseID": "Psalms.55.5", "source": "לִ֭בִּי יָחִ֣יל בְּקִרְבִּ֑י וְאֵימ֥וֹת מָ֝֗וֶת נָפְל֥וּ עָלָֽי׃", "text": "*libbî yāḥîl* in *qirbî* and *ʾêmôt māwet nāpəlû* upon me", "grammar": { "*libbî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my heart", "*yāḥîl*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - writhes/trembles", "*qirbî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition beth (in) - in my midst/within me", "*ʾêmôt*": "feminine plural construct - terrors of", "*māwet*": "masculine singular noun - death", "*nāpəlû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they have fallen", "*ʿālāy*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - upon me" }, "variants": { "*libbî*": "my heart/my inner self", "*yāḥîl*": "writhes/trembles/is in anguish", "*qirbî*": "my midst/within me/my inward part", "*ʾêmôt*": "terrors/horrors/dreads", "*māwet*": "death", "*nāpəlû*": "have fallen/descended/come upon" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:120 : 120 { "verseID": "Psalms.119.120", "source": "סָמַ֣ר מִפַּחְדְּךָ֣ בְשָׂרִ֑י וּֽמִמִּשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ יָרֵֽאתִי׃", "text": "*sāmar* from-*paḥdəkā* *bəśārî* and-from-*mišpāṭêkā* *yārētî*", "grammar": { "*sāmar*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it bristles/trembles", "*paḥdəkā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your dread/fear", "*bəśārî*": "masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my flesh", "*mišpāṭêkā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your judgments", "*yārētî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I fear/am afraid", "*mi-*": "preposition - from", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and" }, "variants": { "*sāmar*": "bristles/trembles/stands on end/shudders", "*paḥdəkā*": "your dread/fear/terror", "*bəśārî*": "my flesh/body/skin", "*mišpāṭêkā*": "your judgments/ordinances/legal decisions", "*yārētî*": "I fear/am afraid/stand in awe" } }
  • Job 21:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Job.21.6", "source": "וְאִם־זָכַ֥רְתִּי וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי וְאָחַ֥ז בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗י פַּלָּצֽוּת׃", "text": "*wə-ʾim-zākartî wə-nibhāltî wə-ʾāḥaz bəśārî pallāṣût*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾim*": "conjunctive waw + conditional particle - and if", "*zākartî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I remember", "*wə-nibhāltî*": "conjunctive waw + Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I am dismayed/terrified", "*wə-ʾāḥaz*": "conjunctive waw + Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and seizes", "*bəśārî*": "noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my flesh", "*pallāṣût*": "noun feminine singular - shuddering/trembling" }, "variants": { "*zākar*": "to remember/recall", "*bāhal*": "to be dismayed/terrified/startled", "*ʾāḥaz*": "to grasp/seize/hold", "*bāśār*": "flesh/body", "*pallāṣût*": "shuddering/trembling/horror" } }
  • Job 23:15-16 : 15 { "verseID": "Job.23.15", "source": "עַל־כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃", "text": "*ʿal-kēn* *mippānāyw* *ʾebbāhēl* *ʾetbônēn* *wə-ʾepḥad* *mimmennu*", "grammar": { "*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore", "*mippānāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his presence/face", "*ʾebbāhēl*": "Niphal imperfect, 1st person singular - I am terrified", "*ʾetbônēn*": "Hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular - I consider/contemplate", "*wə-ʾepḥad*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I dread/fear", "*mimmennu*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from him" }, "variants": { "*bāhal*": "to disturb, alarm, terrify, dismay", "*pānîm*": "face, presence, countenance", "*bîn*": "to understand, consider, discern, perceive", "*pāḥad*": "to dread, be in awe, be in fear" } } 16 { "verseID": "Job.23.16", "source": "וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃", "text": "*wə-ʾĒl* *hērak* *libbî* *wə-Šadday* *hibhîlānî*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾĒl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and God", "*hērak*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has made soft/weakened", "*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart", "*wə-Šadday*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and the Almighty", "*hibhîlānî*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - has terrified me" }, "variants": { "*ʾĒl*": "God, mighty one, deity", "*rākak*": "to be soft, tender, weak", "*lēb*": "heart, mind, inner person, will", "*Šadday*": "Almighty, All-sufficient (divine name)", "*bāhal*": "to disturb, terrify, dismay, be anxious" } }
  • Ps 42:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.42.6", "source": "מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ וַתֶּהֱמִ֢י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־ע֥וֹד אוֹדֶ֗נּוּ יְשׁוּע֥וֹת פָּנָֽיו׃", "text": "Why-*tištôḥăḥî* *napšî* *wa*-*tehĕmî* upon-me *hôḥîlî* to-*ʾĕlōhîm* for-yet *ʾôdenû* *yəšûʿôt* *pānāyw*", "grammar": { "*tištôḥăḥî*": "verb, hitpael imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - 'you bow down/are downcast'", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my soul'", "*wa*": "conjunction with vav consecutive - 'and'", "*tehĕmî*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - 'you moan/are disquieted'", "*hôḥîlî*": "verb, hiphil imperative, feminine singular - 'wait/hope'", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural with prefixed preposition lamed - 'for God'", "*ʾôdenû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'I will praise him'", "*yəšûʿôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - 'salvations of'", "*pānāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his face/presence'" }, "variants": { "*tištôḥăḥî*": "you bow down/are downcast/are in despair", "*napšî*": "my soul/my being/myself", "*tehĕmî*": "you moan/are disquieted/are in tumult", "*hôḥîlî*": "wait/hope/expect", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods (plural form used for singular deity)", "*yəšûʿôt*": "salvations/deliverances/help", "*pānāyw*": "his face/his presence/his person" } }
  • Ps 61:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Psalms.61.2", "source": "שִׁמְעָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים רִנָּתִ֑י הַ֝קְשִׁ֗יבָה תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃", "text": "*šimʿāh ʾĕlōhîm rinnātî haqšîbāh təpillātî*", "grammar": { "*šimʿāh*": "verb, imperative, masculine, singular - hear/listen", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (used as singular) - God", "*rinnātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my cry/shout/ringing cry", "*haqšîbāh*": "verb, imperative, masculine, singular with emphatic he prefix - pay attention to/listen attentively to", "*təpillātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my prayer" }, "variants": { "*rinnātî*": "my cry/my ringing cry/my shout of joy/my plea", "*təpillātî*": "my prayer/my intercession/my petition" } }
  • Ps 88:15-16 : 15 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.15", "source": "לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃", "text": "Why *YHWH* *tiznaḥ* *napšî* *tastîr* *pānêkā* from-me", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*tiznaḥ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you reject", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*tastîr*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hide", "*pānêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face" }, "variants": { "*tiznaḥ*": "you reject/cast off/spurn", "*napšî*": "my soul/life/self/being", "*tastîr*": "you hide/conceal", "*pānêkā*": "your face/presence/countenance" } } 16 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.16", "source": "עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃", "text": "*ʿānî* I and-*gôvēaʿ* from-*nōʿar* *nāśāʾtî* *ʾēmêkā* *ʾāpûnâ*", "grammar": { "*ʿānî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - afflicted/poor", "*gôvēaʿ*": "participle, Qal, masculine, singular - dying/expiring", "*nōʿar*": "noun, masculine, singular - youth", "*nāśāʾtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have borne/carried", "*ʾēmêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your terrors", "*ʾāpûnâ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - I am distracted/helpless" }, "variants": { "*ʿānî*": "afflicted/poor/humble/wretched", "*gôvēaʿ*": "dying/expiring/perishing", "*nōʿar*": "youth/childhood/young age", "*nāśāʾtî*": "I have borne/carried/endured/suffered", "*ʾēmêkā*": "your terrors/threats/horrors", "*ʾāpûnâ*": "I am distracted/helpless/benumbed/desperate" } }
  • Isa 21:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Isaiah.21.4", "source": "תָּעָ֣ה לְבָבִ֔י פַּלָּצ֖וּת בִּֽעֲתָ֑תְנִי אֵ֚ת נֶ֣שֶׁף חִשְׁקִ֔י שָׂ֥ם לִ֖י לַחֲרָדָֽה׃", "text": "*tā'āh* my *ləbābî* *pallāṣūt* *bi'atātnî* *'ēt* *nešep* my *ḥišqî* *śām* to me to *ḥarādāh*", "grammar": { "*tā'āh*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it wanders/reels", "*ləbābî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my heart", "*pallāṣūt*": "noun, feminine singular - horror/shuddering/trembling", "*bi'atātnî*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - it terrifies me", "*'ēt*": "direct object marker", "*nešep*": "noun, masculine singular - twilight/evening", "*ḥišqî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my pleasure/desire", "*śām*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he/it has put/placed", "*ḥarādāh*": "noun, feminine singular with prefix lamed - to trembling/terror" }, "variants": { "*tā'āh*": "wanders/reels/staggers", "*pallāṣūt*": "horror/shuddering/trembling/terror", "*nešep ḥišqî*": "twilight of my desire/evening I longed for", "*ḥarādāh*": "trembling/terror/fear" } }
  • Ezek 7:18 : 18 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.7.18", "source": "וְחָגְר֣וּ שַׂקִּ֔ים וְכִסְּתָ֥ה אוֹתָ֖ם פַּלָּצ֑וּת וְאֶ֤ל כָּל־פָּנִים֙ בּוּשָׁ֔ה וּבְכָל־רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם קָרְחָֽה׃", "text": "*wə-ḥāḡrû* *śaqqîm* *wə-kissəṯāh* *ʾôṯām* *pallāṣûṯ* *wə-ʾel* *kol*-*pānîm* *bûšāh* *û-ḇə-kol*-*rāʾšêhem* *qorḥāh*", "grammar": { "*wə-ḥāḡrû*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will gird", "*śaqqîm*": "noun, masculine plural - sackcloth", "*wə-kissəṯāh*": "conjunction + piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular - and will cover", "*ʾôṯām*": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them", "*pallāṣûṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - shuddering/horror", "*wə-ʾel*": "conjunction + preposition - and on", "*kol*-*pānîm*": "construct + noun, masculine plural - all faces", "*bûšāh*": "noun, feminine singular - shame", "*û-ḇə-kol*-*rāʾšêhem*": "conjunction + preposition + construct + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and on all their heads", "*qorḥāh*": "noun, feminine singular - baldness" }, "variants": { "*ḥāḡrû*": "gird/put on/wrap around", "*śaqqîm*": "sackcloth/rough cloth/mourning garment", "*kissəṯāh*": "cover/conceal/hide", "*pallāṣûṯ*": "shuddering/horror/trembling", "*pānîm*": "faces/presence", "*bûšāh*": "shame/disgrace", "*qorḥāh*": "baldness/bald spot [sign of mourning]" } }
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 { "verseID": "Luke.22.44", "source": "Καὶ γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ ἐκτενέστερον προσηύχετο: ἐγένετο δὲ ὁ ἱδρὼς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ θρόμβοι αἵματος καταβαίνοντες ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.", "text": "And *genomenos* in *agōnia* more *ektenesteron prosēucheto*: *egeneto de* the *hidrōs* of him like *thromboi haimatos katabainontes* upon the *gēn*.", "grammar": { "*genomenos*": "aorist, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being/having come", "*en agōnia*": "preposition + dative, feminine, singular - in agony/anguish", "*ektenesteron*": "comparative adverb - more earnestly/intensely", "*prosēucheto*": "imperfect, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - was praying", "*egeneto*": "aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - became", "*de*": "postpositive particle, adversative/continuative - and/but", "*ho hidrōs autou*": "nominative, masculine, singular + genitive, personal pronoun - his sweat", "*hōsei*": "adverb - like/as", "*thromboi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - drops/clots", "*haimatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of blood", "*katabainontes*": "present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - falling down", "*epi tēn gēn*": "preposition + accusative, feminine, singular - upon the earth/ground" }, "variants": { "*genomenos*": "being/having come/having become", "*agōnia*": "agony/anguish/struggle", "*ektenesteron*": "more earnestly/more intensely/more fervently", "*hidrōs*": "sweat/perspiration", "*thromboi*": "drops/clots/thick drops", "*katabainontes*": "falling down/descending" } }
  • 2 Sam 15:14 : 14 { "verseID": "2Samuel.15.14", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּ֠וִד לְכָל־עֲבָדָ֨יו אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֤וֹ בִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ ק֣וּמוּ וְנִבְרָ֔חָה כִּ֛י לֹא־תִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֥נוּ פְלֵיטָ֖ה מִפְּנֵ֣י אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם מַהֲר֣וּ לָלֶ֗כֶת פֶּן־יְמַהֵ֤ר וְהִשִּׂגָ֙נוּ֙ וְהִדִּ֤יחַ עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ אֶת־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה וְהִכָּ֥ה הָעִ֖יר לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃", "text": "*wa-yōʾmer* *Dāwid* to-all-*ʿăbādāyw* who-with him in-*Yərûšālaim*, arise and *wə-nibrāḥâ*, for *lōʾ*-*tihyeh*-to us *pəlêṭâ* from-face of *ʾAbšālôm*; *mahărû* to go, lest-*yəmahēr* and *wə-hiśśîgānû* and *wə-hiddîaḥ* upon us *ʾet*-*hā-rāʿâ*, and *wə-hikkâ* *hā-ʿîr* by-*pî*-*ḥāreb*.", "grammar": { "*wa-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*Dāwid*": "proper noun - David", "*ʿăbādāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants", "*Yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem", "*wə-nibrāḥâ*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect cohortative, 1st common plural - and let us flee", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*tihyeh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will be", "*pəlêṭâ*": "noun, feminine singular - escape/deliverance", "*mahărû*": "Piel imperative, masculine plural - hurry", "*yəmahēr*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he hurries", "*wə-hiśśîgānû*": "conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st common plural suffix - and overtakes us", "*wə-hiddîaḥ*": "conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and brings down", "*hā-rāʿâ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the evil/disaster", "*wə-hikkâ*": "conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and strikes", "*hā-ʿîr*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the city", "*pî*": "noun, masculine singular construct - mouth/edge of", "*ḥāreb*": "noun, feminine singular - sword" }, "variants": { "*nibrāḥâ*": "let us flee/escape", "*pəlêṭâ*": "escape/deliverance/survival", "*hiśśîgānû*": "overtakes us/catches us", "*hiddîaḥ*": "brings down/thrusts/drives", "*hā-rāʿâ*": "the evil/disaster/calamity", "*pî-ḥāreb*": "edge of the sword/by the sword" } }
  • Job 6:4 : 4 { "verseID": "Job.6.4", "source": "כִּ֤י חִצֵּ֪י שַׁדַּ֡י עִמָּדִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲ֭מָתָם שֹׁתָ֣ה רוּחִ֑י בִּעוּתֵ֖י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃", "text": "*kî ḥiṣṣê Šadday ʿimmādî ʾăšer ḥămātām šōtâ rûḥî biʿûtê ʾĕlôah yaʿarkûnî*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ḥiṣṣê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - arrows of", "*Šadday*": "divine name - Almighty", "*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/whose", "*ḥămātām*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their poison/venom", "*šōtâ*": "Qal participle, feminine singular - drinks", "*rûḥî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spirit", "*biʿûtê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - terrors of", "*ʾĕlôah*": "divine name - God", "*yaʿarkûnî*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they array themselves against me" }, "variants": { "*ḥēṣ*": "arrow", "*Šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient One", "*ḥēmâ*": "poison/venom/anger/wrath", "*šātâ*": "to drink/swallow/consume", "*rûaḥ*": "spirit/breath/wind", "*biʿûtîm*": "terrors/alarms", "*ʿārak*": "to arrange/set in order/array against" } }