Psalms 55:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

*ישימות **יַשִּׁ֤י **מָ֨וֶת ׀ עָלֵ֗ימוֹ יֵרְד֣וּ שְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים כִּֽי־רָע֖וֹת בִּמְגוּרָ֣ם בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃

Transliteration

May māwet come upon them, let them go down to šəʾôl ḥayyîm because rāʿôt in məgûrām bəqirbām

Grammar Details

*yaššî*: hiphil jussive, 3rd person masculine singular (alternative reading) - may he bring
*māwet*: masculine singular noun - death
*ʿālêmô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - upon them
*yērədû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - let them go down
*šəʾôl*: proper noun - Sheol/the grave
*ḥayyîm*: masculine plural adjective - living/alive
*rāʿôt*: feminine plural adjective - evils
*məgûrām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and prefixed preposition beth (in) - in their dwelling
*bəqirbām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and prefixed preposition beth (in) - in their midst

Word Meanings

*yaššî*: may he bring/let him desolate
*māwet*: death
*yērədû*: let them go down/may they descend
*šəʾôl*: Sheol/the grave/the underworld
*ḥayyîm*: living/alive
*rāʿôt*: evils/wickedness/misfortunes
*məgûrām*: their dwelling/their habitation/place where they stay
*qirbām*: their midst/within them/their inner parts

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.
Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
Ps 109:4 : 4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.
Luke 6:11-12 : 11 But they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. 12 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.

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