Psalm 102:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
I resembleדָּ֭מִיתִי
(da·mi·ti)
1819: to be like, resemblea prim. root
a pelicanלִקְאַ֣ת
(lik·'at)
6893: (a bird) perhaps pelicanof uncertain derivation
of the wilderness;מִדְבָּ֑ר
(mid·bar;)
4057b: wildernessfrom dabar
I have becomeהָ֝יִ֗יתִי
(ha·yi·ti)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
like an owlכְּכֹ֣וס
(ke·cho·vs)
3563b: (a kind of) owlfrom the same as kos
of the waste places.חֳרָבֹֽות׃
(cho·ra·vo·vt.)
2723: waste, desolation, ruinfrom chareb


















KJV Lexicon
I am like
damah  (daw-maw')
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider -- compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
a pelican
qa'ath  (kaw-ath')
probably the pelican (from vomiting) -- cormorant.
of the wilderness
midbar  (mid-bawr')
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness.
I am like an owl
kowc  (koce)
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye) -- cup, (small) owl.
of the desert
chorbah  (khor-baw')
drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation -- decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.

King James Bible
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

International Standard Version
I resemble a pelican in the wilderness or an owl in a desolate land.

NET Bible
I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have been like a pelican in the wilderness and I have been like an owl in the desert.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I am like a desert owl, like an owl living in the ruins.

King James 2000 Bible
I am like a vulture of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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