Lamentations 4:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קַלִּ֤ים הָיוּ֙ רֹדְפֵ֔ינוּ מִנִּשְׁרֵ֖י שָׁמָ֑יִם עַל־הֶהָרִ֣ים דְּלָקֻ֔נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר אָ֥רְבוּ לָֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

Qallîm were our rōḏp̄ênû more than nišrê šāmāyim; on the hehārîm they dəlāqunû, in the miḏbār they ʾārḇû for us

Grammar Details

*qallîm*: masculine plural adjective - swift
*hāyû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were
*rōḏp̄ênû*: masculine plural Qal participle with 1st common plural suffix - our pursuers
*mi-nnišrê*: preposition comparative + masculine plural construct - than eagles of
*šāmāyim*: masculine plural noun - heavens
*ʿal-he-hārîm*: preposition + definite masculine plural noun - on the mountains
*dəlāqunû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural + 1st common plural suffix - they pursued us hotly
*ba-mmiḏbār*: preposition + definite masculine singular noun - in the wilderness
*ʾārḇû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they lay in wait
*lānû*: preposition + 1st common plural suffix - for us

Word Meanings

*qallîm*: swift/fast/quick
*rōḏp̄ênû*: our pursuers/those who chase us
*nišrê*: eagles/vultures/large birds of prey
*dəlāqunû*: pursued us hotly/chased us eagerly/hunted us ardently
*ʾārḇû*: lay in wait/ambushed/lurked

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Referenced Verses

Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Isa 5:26-28 : 26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Hab 1:8 : 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Isa 30:16-17 : 16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Matt 24:27-28 : 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Hos 8:1 : 1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Amos 2:14 : 14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

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