Lamentations 4:19 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Lamentations 4:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 4:1911 words

HebrewMeaning

קַלִּ֤יםqaliym

lightadjH7031

swift

הָיוּ֙hāyw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

רֹדְפֵ֔י/נוּrōdəpēynw

chaseverbH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

מִ/נִּשְׁרֵ֖יminišərēy

eaglepronH5404

שָׁמָ֑יִםšāmāyim

heavennounH8064

astrologer · heaven

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הֶ/הָרִ֣יםhehāriym

hillparticleH2022

mount · promotion

דְּלָקֻ֔/נוּdəlāqunw

burningverbH1814

chase · inflame · kindle · persecute ···

בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֖רbamidəbār

desertpronH4057

south · speech · wilderness

אָ֥רְבוּʾārəbw

ambushverbH693

lay wait

לָֽ/נוּlānw

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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