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They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. (KJV)

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צָד֣וּtza.Duthey hunted

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 4:18 word 1

צְעָדֵ֔ינוּtze.'a.Dei.nusteps our

Lemma: צַ֫עַד (tsa.ad) · Strong's: H6806

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: step

Used 14 times. Also: 2 Samuel 6:13, 2 Samuel 22:37, Job 14:16, Job 18:7, Job 31:4, Job 31:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6806; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 2

מִלֶּ֖כֶתmi.Le.khetfrom walking

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to go: walk

Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 3

בִּרְחֹבֹתֵ֑ינוּbir.cho.Tei.nuin open places our

Lemma: רְחוֹב (re.chov) · Strong's: H7339

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: street/plaza

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Deuteronomy 13:16, Judges 19:15, Judges 19:17, Judges 19:20, 2 Samuel 21:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7339; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 4

קָרַ֥בka.Ravit drew near

Lemma: קָרַב (qa.rav) · Strong's: H7126G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to present: come

Used 112 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 27:41, Genesis 37:18, Genesis 47:29, Exodus 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7126G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 5

קִצֵּ֛ינוּki.Tzei.nuend our

Lemma: קֵץ (qets) · Strong's: H7093

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: end

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 4:3, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 41:1, Exodus 12:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7093; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 6

מָלְא֥וּmal.'Uthey were completed

Lemma: מָלֵא (ma.le) · Strong's: H4390

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

Meaning: to fill

Used 249 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 21:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4390; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 7

יָמֵ֖ינוּya.Mei.nudays our

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 8

כִּי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 9

בָ֥אva'it had come

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 10

קִצֵּֽינוּ\׃\ \סki.Tzei.nuend our

Lemma: קֵץ (qets) · Strong's: H7093

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: end

Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 4:3, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 41:1, Exodus 12:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7093; TAHOT Lamentations 4:18 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

They stalked	→	צוּד H6679A to hunt
our every step	→	צַ֫עַד H6806 step
so that we could not walk	→	הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk
in our streets	→	רְחוֹב H7339 street/plaza
Our end	→	קֵץ H7093 end
drew near	→	קָרַב H7126G to present: come
our time	→	יוֹם H3117G day
. . .	→	כִּי H3588A for
ran out	→	מָלֵא H4390 to fill
for our end	→	קֵץ H7093 end
had come	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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