King James Version

Psalms 124:7

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

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נַפְשֵׁ֗נוּnafshenvcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…כְּצִפּ֥וֹרketsiporas birdצִפּוֹרpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as bird”, the ordinary formH6833a little bird (as hopping)bird, fowl, sparrow.נִמְלְטָה֮nimletahescapeמָלַטverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “escape”, a completed actionH4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparksdeliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.מִפַּ֪חmipachfrom plateפַּחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from plate”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)gin, (thin) plate, snare.י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥יםyoqeshimfowler snareיָקֹשׁverb, qal, participle, absolute — “fowler snare”, a verb used as a describing wordH3369to ensnare (literally or figuratively)fowler (lay a) snare.הַפַּ֥חhapachthe plateפַּחdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the plate”, the ordinary formH6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)gin, (thin) plate, snare.נִשְׁבָּ֗רnishbarbreakשָׁבַרverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “break”, a verb used as a describing wordH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּvaanachnvand weאֲנַחְנוּconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, plural — “and we”H587weourselves, us, we.נִמְלָֽטְנוּnimlatenvescapeמָלַטverb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “escape”, a completed actionH4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparksdeliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Young’s Literal Translation

Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

World English Bible

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Darby Translation

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ὡς στρουθίον ἐῤῥύσθη ἐκ τῆς παγίδος τῶν θηρευόντων· ἡ παγὶς συνετρίβη, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐῤῥύσθημεν.