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Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. (KJV)

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קַלִּ֤יםka.Limswift

Lemma: קַל (qal) · Strong's: H7031

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: swift

Used 13 times. Also: 2 Samuel 2:18, Job 24:18, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 18:2, Isaiah 19:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7031; TAHOT Lamentations 4:19 word 1

הָיוּ֙ha.Yuthey were

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

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

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Lamentations 4:19 word 2

רֹדְפֵ֔ינוּro.de.Fei.nupursuers our

Lemma: רָדַף (ra.daph) · Strong's: H7291

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

Meaning: to pursue

Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 35:5, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 14:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7291; TAHOT Lamentations 4:19 word 3

מִנִּשְׁרֵ֖יmi.nish.Reimore than [the] eagles of

Lemma: נֶשֶׁר (ne.sher) · Strong's: H5404

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

Meaning: eagle

Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 19:4, Leviticus 11:13, Deuteronomy 14:12, Deuteronomy 28:49, Deuteronomy 32:11, 2 Samuel 1:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5404; TAHOT Lamentations 4:19 word 4

שָׁמָ֑יִםsha.Ma.yimheaven

Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064

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

Meaning: heaven

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Lamentations 4:19 word 5

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:19 word 6

הֶהָרִ֣יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountains

Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022G

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

Meaning: mountain: mount

Used 451 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2022G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:19 word 7

דְּלָקֻ֔נוּde.la.Ku.nuthey hotly pursued us

Lemma: דָּלַק (da.laq) · Strong's: H1814

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

Meaning: to burn/pursue

Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 31:36, 1 Samuel 17:53, Psalms 7:13, Psalms 10:2, Proverbs 26:23, Isaiah 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1814; TAHOT Lamentations 4:19 word 8

בַּמִּדְבָּ֖רba.mid.Barin the wilderness

Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wilderness

Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Lamentations 4:19 word 9

אָ֥רְבוּ'A.re.vuthey lay in wait

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

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

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 4:19 word 10

How the BSB renders it

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

Those who chased us	→	רָדַף H7291 to pursue
were	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
swifter	→	קַל H7031 swift
than the eagles	→	נֶשֶׁר H5404 eagle
in the sky	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven
they pursued us	→	דָּלַק H1814 to burn/pursue
over	→	עַל H5921A upon
the mountains	→	הַר H2022G mountain: mount
and ambushed	→	אָרַב H0693 to ambush
us	→
in the wilderness	→	מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness

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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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