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Swifterקַלִּיםwereהָיוּour pursuersרֹדְפֵינוּthan the eaglesמִנִּשְׁרֵיof the heavens;שָׁמָיִםon the mountainsעַל הֶהָרִיםthey chased us;דְּלָקֻנוּin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרthey lay in wait for us.אָרְבוּ לָנוּ
Lamentations 4:19
Study it in the app“Swifter were our pursuers than the eagles of the heavens; on the mountains they chased us; in the wilderness they lay in wait for us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:19, word by word
- Swifterקַלִּיםkalim
swift, light
Light, swift.
Where else “kalim” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- our pursuersרֹדְפֵיrodfe
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodfe” appears- than the eaglesנִּשְׁרֵיnishre
eagle, vulture
Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.
Where else “nishre” appears- of the heavensשָׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- on the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- they chased usדְּלָקֻdelaku
pursue hotly
To go after someone in fury, giving no respite.
Where else “delaku” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- they lay in wait for usאָרְבוּarvu
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “arvu” appears
The context
18They have hunted our steps so that we cannot walk in our squares; our end has drawn near, our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
19 · This verse (above)
20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of YHWH, was caught in their pits, he of whom we said, “In his shadow we will live among the nations.”