Psalms 124:7

King James 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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Referenced Verses

Ps 91:3 : 3 Surely he shall deliver{H8686)} thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome 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 the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
2 Tim 2:26 : 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; 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 invaded 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 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
2 Sam 17:2 : 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, 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 said unto David, Arise, 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 Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

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