KJV: If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
YLT: And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night is light to me.
Darby: And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
ASV: If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
וָ֭אֹמַר | And if I say |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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אַךְ־ | surely |
Parse: Adverb Root: אַךְ Sense: indeed, surely (emphatic). |
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חֹ֣שֶׁךְ | the darkness |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חֹשֶׁךְ Sense: darkness, obscurity. |
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יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי | shall fall on me |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: שׁוּף Sense: to bruise, crush, gape upon, desire?, seize?, strike out?. |
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וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה | and Even the night |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: לַיִל Sense: night. |
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א֣וֹר | shall be light |
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: אֹור Sense: light. |
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בַּעֲדֵֽנִי | about me |
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular Root: בַּעַד Sense: behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about. |