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And I say,וָאֹמַר“Oh that I hadמִי יִתֶּן לִּיwingsאֵבֶרlike the dove!כַּיּוֹנָהI would fly awayאָעוּפָהand settle;וְאֶשְׁכֹּנָה
Psalms 55:6
Study it in the app“And I say, “Oh that I had wings like the dove! I would fly away and settle;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 55:6, word by word
- And I sayאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “Oh that I hadיִתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- wingsאֵבֶרever
wing, pinion
A wing, or the long feathers of the wing with which a bird flies.
Where else “ever” appears- like the doveיּוֹנָהyona
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yona” appears- I would fly awayאָעוּפָהaufa
fly
To move through the air with wings, like birds and seraphim.
Where else “aufa” appears- and settleאֶשְׁכֹּנָהeshkona
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “eshkona” appears
The context
5Fear and trembling come upon me, and shuddering covers me.
6 · This verse (above)
7look, I would flee far away; I would spend the night in the wilderness. Selah.