Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThose who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness. Young's Literal Translation Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned [after] us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us. King James Bible Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. Hebrew Those who chased usרֹדְפֵ֔ינוּ (rō·ḏə·p̄ê·nū) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute were הָיוּ֙ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be swifter קַלִּ֤ים (qal·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7031: Light, swift, fleet than the eagles מִנִּשְׁרֵ֖י (min·niš·rê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 5404: The eagle in the sky; שָׁמָ֑יִם (šā·mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky they pursued us דְּלָקֻ֔נוּ (də·lā·qu·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common plural Strong's 1814: To burn, hotly pursue over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the mountains הֶהָרִ֣ים (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country and ambushed us אָ֥רְבוּ (’ā·rə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 693: To lie in wait in the wilderness. בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech |
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