Psalms 124:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּ כְּצִפּ֥וֹר נִמְלְטָה֮ מִפַּ֢ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים הַפַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃

Transliteration

napšēnû like-ṣippôr nimləṭāh from-paḥ yôqəšîm the-paḥ nišbār and-we nimlaṭnû

Grammar Details

*napšēnû*: noun feminine singular + 1st person plural suffix - our soul
*kəṣippôr*: preposition + noun feminine singular - like a bird
*nimləṭāh*: verb niphal perfect 3rd feminine singular - escaped/delivered
*mippaḥ*: preposition + noun masculine singular - from snare
*yôqəšîm*: participle masculine plural qal - fowlers/trappers
*happaḥ*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the snare
*nišbār*: verb niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was broken
*waʾănaḥnû*: conjunction + 1st person plural pronoun - and we
*nimlaṭnû*: verb niphal perfect 1st person plural - we escaped/were delivered

Word Meanings

*napšēnû*: our soul/our life/our being
*ṣippôr*: bird/sparrow
*nimləṭāh*: has escaped/was delivered/has been rescued
*paḥ*: snare/trap/net
*yôqəšîm*: fowlers/trappers/those who lay snares
*nišbār*: was broken/was shattered
*nimlaṭnû*: we escaped/we were delivered/we have been rescued

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 91:3 : 3 For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
Prov 6:5 : 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Ps 25:15 : 15 Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net.
2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.
Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
1 Sam 23:26-27 : 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. 27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.
1 Sam 24:14-15 : 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. 15 Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
1 Sam 25:29 : 29 And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
2 Sam 17:2 : 2 and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, {H3027} and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
2 Sam 17:21-22 : 21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you. 22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.

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