Psalms

Psalm 124:7–8

⁷We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler;

the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
We	נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּ	nap̄·šê·nū	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
have escaped	נִמְלְטָה֮	nim·lə·ṭāh	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H4422 slip away
like a bird	כְּצִפּ֥וֹר	kə·ṣip·pō·wr	Preposition-k; Noun - common singular	H6833 bird
from the snare	מִפַּ֪ח	mip·paḥ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6341 bird-trap
of the fowler	י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים	yō·wq·šîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3369 lay a bait or lure
the net	הַפַּ֥ח	hap·paḥ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6341 bird-trap
is torn	נִשְׁבָּ֗ר	niš·bār	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
and we	וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ	wa·’ă·naḥ·nū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
have slipped away	נִמְלָֽטְנוּ׃	nim·lā·ṭə·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural	H4422 slip away

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Our help	עֶ֭זְרֵנוּ	‘ez·rê·nū	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H5828 help, succour
is in the name	בְּשֵׁ֣ם	bə·šêm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8034 name
of the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the Maker	עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה	‘ō·śêh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct	H6213 do, make
of heaven	שָׁמַ֥יִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and earth	וָאָֽרֶץ׃	wā·’ā·reṣ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 124:7 Psalm 91:3 · Proverbs 6:5 · 2 Timothy 2:26 · Psalm 25:15 · 1 Samuel 25:29 · 1 Samuel 23:26–27 · 2 Samuel 17:21–22 · Jeremiah 18:22 · 1 Samuel 24:14–15 · Jeremiah 5:26 · 2 Samuel 17:2

Psalm 124:8 Psalm 121:2 · Acts 4:24 · Psalm 146:5–6 · Jeremiah 32:17 · Psalm 115:15 · Psalm 134:3 · Genesis 1:1 · Isaiah 37:16–20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.