Psalms 124:3

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If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:	Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:	Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then^H233 they had swallowed us up^H1104 quick^H2416, when their wrath^H639 was kindled^H2734 against us:

Original Hebrew

אֲזַי חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ בַּחֲרֹות אַפָּם בָּנוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֲ֭זַי	'A.zai	H233	HD	then
חַיִּ֣ים	chai.Yim	H2416	HAampa	alive
בְּלָע֑וּ/נוּ	be.la.'U./nu	H1104	HVqp3cp/Sp1cp	they had swallowed up/ us
בַּ/חֲר֖וֹת	ba./cha.Rot	H2734	HR/Vqc	when/ burned
אַפָּ֣/ם	'a.Pa/m	H639	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	anger/ their
בָּֽ/נוּ	Ba./nu		HR/Sp1cp	on/ us

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H233 — אֲזַי (ʼăzay, az-ah'ee): probably from אָז; at that time; then.
H639 — אַף (ʼaph, af): from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.
H1104 — בָּלַע (bâlaʻ, baw-lah'): a primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy; cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
H2734 — חָרָה (chârâh, khaw-raw'): a primitive root (compare חָרַר); to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy; be angry, burn, be displeased, [idiom] earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, [idiom] very, be wroth. See תַּחָרָה.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

swallowed — Numbers 16:30-34, Proverbs 1:12, Jeremiah 51:34, Jonah 1:17
their wrath — 1 Samuel 20:30-33, Psalms 76:10, Daniel 3:19, Matthew 2:16, Acts 9:2
Then they — Esther 3:6, Esther 3:12-13, Psalms 27:2, Psalms 35:25, Psalms 56:1-2, Psalms 57:3, Psalms 74:8, Psalms 83:4

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