Psalm 88:17
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
Key Terms in This Verse
סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
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