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He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

דֹּ֣בdo[is] a bear

Lemma: דֹּב (dov) · Strong's: H1677

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: bear

Used 12 times. Also: 1 Samuel 17:34, 1 Samuel 17:36, 1 Samuel 17:37, 2 Samuel 17:8, 2 Kings 2:24, Proverbs 17:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1677; TAHOT Lamentations 3:10 word 1

אֹרֵ֥ב'o.Revlying in wait

Lemma: אָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H0693

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to ambush

Used 41 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:11, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:7, Joshua 8:12, Joshua 8:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0693; TAHOT Lamentations 3:10 word 2

הוּא֙hu'he

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Lamentations 3:10 word 3

בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים\׃be.mis.ta.Rimin hiding places

Lemma: מִסְתָּר (mis.tar) · Strong's: H4565

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: hiding

Used 10 times. Also: Psalms 10:8, Psalms 10:9, Psalms 17:12, Psalms 64:4, Isaiah 45:3, Jeremiah 13:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4565; TAHOT Lamentations 3:10 word 4

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
is a bear	→	דֹּב H1677 bear
lying in wait	→	אָרַב H0693 to ambush
a lion	→	H0738
hiding in ambush	→	מִסְתָּר H4565 hiding

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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