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look,הִנֵּהI would flee far away;אַרְחִיק נְדֹדI would spend the nightאָלִיןin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּרSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 55:7
Study it in the app“look, I would flee far away; I would spend the night in the wilderness. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 55:7, word by word
- I would flee far awayאַרְחִיקarchik
be far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “archik” appears- I would flee far awayנְדֹדnedod
flee
To go far away, or flap wings.
Where else “nedod” appears- I would spend the nightאָלִיןalin
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “alin” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
6And I say, “Oh that I had wings like the dove! I would fly away and settle;
7 · This verse (above)
8I would hurry to get myself to safety from the rushing wind, from the tempest.”