Psalms 55:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִ֭בִּי יָחִ֣יל בְּקִרְבִּ֑י וְאֵימ֥וֹת מָ֝֗וֶת נָפְל֥וּ עָלָֽי׃

Transliteration

libbî yāḥîl in qirbî and ʾêmôt māwet nāpəlû upon me

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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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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 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
Job 21:6 : 6 Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
Job 23:15-16 : 15 Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him. 16 For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;
Ps 42:6 : 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Ps 88:15-16 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
Isa 21:4 : 4 My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
Ezek 7:18 : 18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
2 Sam 15:14 : 14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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