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Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. (KJV)

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צ֥וֹדTzodcertainly <to hunt>

Lemma: צוּד (tsud) · Strong's: H6679A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)

Meaning: to hunt

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 27:3, Genesis 27:5, Genesis 27:33, Leviticus 17:13, Job 10:16, Job 38:39 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6679A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:52 word 1

צָד֛וּנִיtza.Du.nithey hunted me

Lemma: צוּד (tsud) · Strong's: H6679A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to hunt

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 27:3, Genesis 27:5, Genesis 27:33, Leviticus 17:13, Job 10:16, Job 38:39 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6679A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:52 word 2

כַּצִּפּ֖וֹרka.tzi.Porlike <the> bird

Lemma: צִפּוֹר (tsip.por) · Strong's: H6833

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

Meaning: bird

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 7:14, Genesis 15:10, Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:5, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6833; TAHOT Lamentations 3:52 word 3

אֹיְבַ֥י'o.ye.Vaienemies my

Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: enemy

Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT Lamentations 3:52 word 4

חִנָּֽם\׃chi.Namwithout cause

Lemma: חִנָּם (chin.nam) · Strong's: H2600

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: for nothing

Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 29:15, Exodus 21:2, Exodus 21:11, Numbers 11:5, 1 Samuel 19:5, 1 Samuel 25:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2600; TAHOT Lamentations 3:52 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

Without cause	→	חִנָּם H2600 for nothing
my enemies	→	אֹיֵב H0341 enemy
hunted me	→	צוּד H6679A to hunt
. . .	→	צוּד H6679A to hunt
like a bird	→	צִפּוֹר H6833 bird

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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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