Psalms 55:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. {H5542}

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֹמַ֗ר מִֽי־יִתֶּן־לִּ֣י אֵ֭בֶר כַּיּוֹנָ֗ה אָע֥וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃

Transliteration

And wāʾōmar who yitten-lî ʾēber like the yônāh ʾāʿûpāh wəʾeškōnāh

Grammar Details

*wāʾōmar*: waw consecutive with qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I said
*yitten-lî*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with preposition lamed and 1st person singular suffix - would give to me
*ʾēber*: masculine singular noun - wing/pinion
*yônāh*: feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition kaph (like) - like the dove
*ʾāʿûpāh*: qal cohortative, 1st person singular - I would fly
*wəʾeškōnāh*: waw conjunction with qal cohortative, 1st person singular - and I would dwell/rest

Word Meanings

*wāʾōmar*: and I said/I thought
*yitten*: would give/would grant
*ʾēber*: wing/pinion
*yônāh*: dove/pigeon
*ʾāʿûpāh*: I would fly/I would soar
*ʾeškōnāh*: I would dwell/I would rest/I would settle

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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

Jer 9:2 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Jer 37:12 : 12 then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
1 Sam 27:1 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
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.
2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you. 22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.
Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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