Psalms 55:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, then would I wander{H8800)} far off{H8686)}, and remain{H8799)} in the wilderness. Selah.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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 be 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 separate himself thence 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 speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast 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 we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring 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 said unto David, Arise, 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 Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over 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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