Lamentations 4:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

Young's Literal Translation
Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned [after] us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.

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

Hebrew
Those who chased us
רֹדְפֵ֔ינוּ (rō·ḏə·p̄ê·nū)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

were
הָיוּ֙ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

swifter
קַלִּ֤ים (qal·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7031: Light, swift, fleet

than the eagles
מִנִּשְׁרֵ֖י (min·niš·rê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5404: The eagle

in the sky;
שָׁמָ֑יִם (šā·mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

they pursued us
דְּלָקֻ֔נוּ (də·lā·qu·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common plural
Strong's 1814: To burn, hotly pursue

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mountains
הֶהָרִ֣ים (he·hā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

and ambushed us
אָ֥רְבוּ (’ā·rə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 693: To lie in wait

in the wilderness.
בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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