Psalms 55:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִרְאָ֣ה וָ֭רַעַד יָ֣בֹא בִ֑י וַ֝תְּכַסֵּ֗נִי פַּלָּצֽוּת׃

Transliteration

yirʾāh wāraʿad yābōʾ in me, and wattəkassēnî pallāṣût

Grammar Details

*yirʾāh*: feminine singular noun - fear
*wāraʿad*: masculine singular noun with waw conjunction - and trembling
*yābōʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - comes/enters
*bî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - in me
*wattəkassēnî*: waw consecutive with piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular and 1st person singular suffix - and it covers me
*pallāṣût*: feminine singular noun - horror/shuddering

Word Meanings

*yirʾāh*: fear/terror/dread
*raʿad*: trembling/shaking
*yābōʾ*: comes/enters/arrives
*təkassēnî*: covers me/overwhelms me
*pallāṣût*: horror/shuddering/trembling

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Rev 12:14 : 14 And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Ps 11:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David. In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain;
Ps 139:9 : 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

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