Psalms 124:7 Go deeper

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּnaf.She.nuself our

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul: myself

Used 129 times. Also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 27:31, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 7:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315I; TAHOT Psalms 124:7 word 1

כְּצִפּ֥וֹרke.tzi.Porlike a 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 Psalms 124:7 word 2

נִמְלְטָה֮nim.le.Tahit has escaped

Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNp3fs)

Meaning: to escape

Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Psalms 124:7 word 3

מִפַּ֪חmi.Pachfrom a snare of

Lemma: פַּח (pach) · Strong's: H6341A

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

Meaning: snare

Used 25 times. Also: Joshua 23:13, Job 18:9, Job 22:10, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 69:22, Psalms 91:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6341A; TAHOT Psalms 124:7 word 4

י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥יםyok.Shimfowlers

Lemma: יָקֹשׁ (ya.qosh) · Strong's: H3369

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to snare

Used 8 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:25, Psalms 141:9, Proverbs 6:2, Ecclesiastes 9:12, Isaiah 8:15, Isaiah 28:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3369; TAHOT Psalms 124:7 word 5

הַפַּ֥חha.Pachthe snare

Lemma: פַּח (pach) · Strong's: H6341A

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

Meaning: snare

Used 25 times. Also: Joshua 23:13, Job 18:9, Job 22:10, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 69:22, Psalms 91:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6341A; TAHOT Psalms 124:7 word 6

נִשְׁבָּ֗רnish.Bar[has been] broken

Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7665

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)

Meaning: to break

Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 19:9, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 23:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7665; TAHOT Psalms 124:7 word 7

וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuand we

Lemma: אֲנַ֫חְנוּ (a.nach.nu) · Strong's: H0587

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Plural (HPp1bp)

Meaning: we

Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0587; TAHOT Psalms 124:7 word 8

נִמְלָֽטְנוּ\׃nim.La.te.nuwe have escaped

Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVNp1cp)

Meaning: to escape

Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Psalms 124:7 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

We	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315I soul: myself
have escaped	→	מָלַט H4422 to escape
like a bird	→	צִפּוֹר H6833 bird
from the snare	→	פַּח H6341A snare
of the fowler	→	יָקֹשׁ H3369 to snare
the net	→	פַּח H6341A snare
is torn	→	שָׁבַר H7665 to break
and we	→	אֲנַ֫חְנוּ H0587 we
have slipped away	→	מָלַט H4422 to escape

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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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