2 Samuel 22:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Young's Literal Translation
When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,

King James Bible
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

Hebrew
For
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the waves
מִשְׁבְּרֵי־ (miš·bə·rê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4867: A breaker (of the sea)

of death
מָ֑וֶת (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

engulfed me;
אֲפָפֻ֖נִי (’ă·p̄ā·p̄u·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular
Strong's 661: To surround, encompass

the torrents
נַחֲלֵ֥י (na·ḥă·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

of chaos
בְלִיַּ֖עַל (ḇə·lî·ya·‘al)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1100: Without profit, worthlessness, destruction, wickedness

overwhelmed me.
יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃ (yə·ḇa·‘ă·ṯu·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's 1204: To fall upon, startle, terrify

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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