2 Samuel 22:5

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I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.	When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;	The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

When the waves^H4867 of death^H4194 compassed^H661 me, the floods^H5158 of ungodly men^H1100 made me afraid^H1204;

Original Hebrew

כִּי אֲפָפֻנִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָוֶת נַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל יְבַעֲתֻנִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֥י	ki	H3588	HC	for
אֲפָפֻ֖/נִי	'a.fa.Fu./ni	H661	HVqp3cp/Sp1cs	they surrounded/ me
מִשְׁבְּרֵי	mish.be.rei-	H4867	HNcmpc	(the) breakers of
מָ֑וֶת	Ma.vet	H4194	HNcmsa	death
נַחֲלֵ֥י	na.cha.Lei	H5158	HNcmpc	torrents of
בְלִיַּ֖עַל	ve.li.Ya.'al	H1100	HNcmsa	worthlessness
יְבַעֲתֻֽ/נִי	ye.va.'a.Tu./ni	H1204	HVpi3mp/Sp1cs	they overwhelmed/ me

Strong's References

H661 — אָפַף (ʼâphaph, aw-faf'): a primitive root; to surround; compass.
H1100 — בְּלִיַּעַל (bᵉlîyaʻal, bel-e-yah'-al): from בְּלִי (bᵉlîy) H1097 and יַעַל (yaʻal) H3276;(often in connection with אִישׁ (ʼîysh) H376, אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) H802, בֵּן (bên) H1121, etc.); without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness; Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
H1204 — בָּעַת (bâʻath, baw-ath'): a primitive root; to fear; affright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.
H4194 — מָוֶת (mâveth, maw'-veth): from מוּת (mûwth) H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
H4867 — מִשְׁבָּר (mishbâr, mish-bawr'): from שָׁבַר (shâbar) H7665; a breaker (of the sea); billow, wave.
H5158 — נַחַל (nachal, nakh'-al): or (feminine) נַחְלָה (nachlâh); (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה (nachălâh); (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from נָחַל (nâchal) H5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine); brook, flood, river, stream, valley.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

the floods — Psalms 18:4, Psalms 69:14-15, Psalms 93:3-4, Isaiah 59:19, Jeremiah 46:7-8, Revelation 12:15-16, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:15
waves — 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Reciprocal references (1): Luke 6:48

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