Psalms 55:7

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Psalms 55:7


← Psalms 55:6 Psalms 55:7 (KJV) Psalms 55:8 →
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Lo, then would I wanderH5074 far offH7368, and remainH3885 in the wildernessH4057. SelahH5542.


Original Hebrew

הִנֵּה אַרְחִיק נְדֹד אָלִין בַּמִּדְבָּר סֶלָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
הִ֭נֵּה
Hi.neh H2009 HTm here!
אַרְחִ֣יק
'ar.Chik H7368 HVhi1cs I want to be far away
נְדֹ֑ד
ne.Dod H5074 HVqc (surely) to flee
אָלִ֖ין
'a.Lin H3885 HVqi1cs I want to lodge
בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֣ר
ba./mid.Bar H4057 HRd/Ncmsa in the/ wilderness
סֶֽלָה
Se.lah H5542 HTj Selah
Strong's References
  • H3885 — לוּן (lûwn, loon): or לִין (lîyn); a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain); abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
  • H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר (dâbar) H1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
  • H5074 — נָדַד (nâdad, naw-dad'): a primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away; chase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).
  • H5542 — סֶלָה (çelâh, seh'-law): from סָלָה (çâlâh) H5541; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.
  • H7368 — רָחַק (râchaq, raw-khak'): a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation); (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).

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

  • H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן (hên) H2005; lo!; behold, lo, see.
Cross References

Reciprocal references (3): Psalms 11:1, Proverbs 21:19, Jeremiah 48:28

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