Hebrew Interlinear

Psalms 139:11 Interlinear

“If I say Surely the darkness shall cover me even the night shall be light about me”

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Psalms 139 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וָ֭אֹמַר	H559	If I say	to say (used with great latitude)
2	אַךְ	H389		a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
3	חֹ֣שֶׁךְ	H2822	Surely the darkness	the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
4	יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי	H7779	shall cover	properly, to gape, i.e., snap at; figuratively, to overwhelm
5	וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה	H3915	me even the night	properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
6	א֣וֹר	H216	shall be light	illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
7	בַּעֲדֵֽנִי׃	H1157	about me	in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc

Psalms 139:11 (current)If I say Surely the darkness shall cover me even the night shall be light about me