Psalms 18:4

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Psalms 18:4


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I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and 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

The sorrowsH2256 of deathH4194 compassedH661 me, and the floodsH5158 of ungodly menH1100 made me afraidH1204.


Original Hebrew

אֲפָפוּנִי חֶבְלֵי־מָוֶת וְנַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל יְבַעֲתוּנִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אֲפָפ֥וּ/נִי
'a.fa.Fu./ni H661 HVqp3cp/Sp1cs they encompassed/ me
חֶבְלֵי
chev.lei- H2256 HNcbpc (the) cords of
מָ֑וֶת
Ma.vet H4194 HNcmsa death
וְֽ/נַחֲלֵ֖י
ve./na.cha.Lei H5158 HC/Ncmpc and/ (the) torrents of
בְלִיַּ֣עַל
ve.li.Ya.'al H1100 HNcmsa worthlessness
יְבַֽעֲתֽוּ/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.
  • H2256 — חֶבֶל (chebel, kheh'-bel): or חֵבֶל (chêbel); from חָבַל (châbal) H2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
  • 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).
  • 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.
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