Psalms 55:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִ֭נֵּה אַרְחִ֣יק נְדֹ֑ד אָלִ֖ין בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

hinnēh ʾarḥîq nədōd ʾālîn in the midbār selāh

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
*ʾarḥîq*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I would go far
*nədōd*: infinitive absolute - wandering/flight
*ʾālîn*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I would lodge
*midbār*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition beth (in) - in the wilderness
*selāh*: musical notation - selah/pause

Word Meanings

*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*ʾarḥîq*: I would go far/I would flee afar/I would distance myself
*nədōd*: wandering/flight/escape
*ʾālîn*: I would lodge/I would spend the night/I would dwell
*midbār*: wilderness/desert
*selāh*: musical pause/interlude/lift up

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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

Isa 4:6 : 6 And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Isa 17:12-13 : 12 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
Matt 7:25-27 : 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Ps 18:4 : 4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

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