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Lamentations 3:10

He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
Lamentations 3:10
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃

  1. דֹּ֣בdo“[is] a bear”
    Noun, both genders, singular, absolute · from דֹּב · “bear” · Strong's H1677
  2. אֹרֵ֥ב'o.Rev“lying in wait”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from אָרַב · “to ambush” · Strong's H0693
  3. הוּא֙hu'“he”
    Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הוּא · “he; she; it” · Strong's H1931
  4. לִ֔יLi“to me”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from Os1c · “me” · Strong's H9030
  5. אֲרִ֖י'ar.yeh“a lion”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from אֲרִי · “lion” · Strong's H0738A
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  6. בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃be.mis.ta.Rim“in hiding places”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from מִסְתָּר · “hiding” · Strong's H4565
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)