2 Samuel 22:5 Go deeper

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; (KJV)

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כִּ֥יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:5 word 1

אֲפָפֻ֖נִי'a.fa.Fu.nithey surrounded me

Lemma: אָפַף (a.phaph) · Strong's: H0661

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to surround

Used 5 times. Also: Psalms 18:4, Psalms 40:12, Psalms 116:3, Jonah 2:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0661; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:5 word 2

מִשְׁבְּרֵי\־mish.be.rei-[the] breakers of

Lemma: מִשְׁבָּר (mish.bar) · Strong's: H4867

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: wave

Used 5 times. Also: Psalms 42:7, Psalms 88:7, Psalms 93:4, Jonah 2:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4867; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:5 word 3

מָ֑וֶתMa.vetdeath

Lemma: מָ֫וֶת (ma.vet) · Strong's: H4194

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: death

Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 27:2, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4194; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:5 word 4

נַחֲלֵ֥יna.cha.Leitorrents of

Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: torrent: river

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 32:23, Leviticus 11:9, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 2:37, Deuteronomy 3:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5158A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:5 word 5

בְלִיַּ֖עַלve.li.Ya.'alworthlessness

Lemma: בְּלִיַּ֫עַל (be.liy.ya.al) · Strong's: H1100H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: Belial: destruction

Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 18:4, Psalms 41:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1100H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:5 word 6

יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי\׃ye.va.'a.Tu.nithey overwhelmed me

Lemma: בָּעַת (ba.at) · Strong's: H1204

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpi3mp)

Meaning: to terrify

Used 16 times. Also: 1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 16:15, 1 Chronicles 21:30, Esther 7:6, Job 3:5, Job 7:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1204; TAHOT 2 Samuel 22:5 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For	→	כִּי H3588A for
the waves	→	מִשְׁבָּר H4867 wave
of death	→	מָ֫וֶת H4194 death
engulfed me	→	אָפַף H0661 to surround
the torrents	→	נַ֫חַל H5158A torrent: river
of chaos	→	בְּלִיַּ֫עַל H1100H Belial: destruction
overwhelmed me	→	בָּעַת H1204 to terrify

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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