Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #253214

OSHB Psa 59:4 אָרְבוּ (ʼārəⱱū) Strongs=693 Lemma=‘אָרַב’
contextual word gloss=‘they_lie_in_wait’ word gloss=‘lie_in_wait’
Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural

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Other uses (1) of identical word form אָרְבוּ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘אָרְבוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) has 2 different glosses: ‘they_lay_in_wait’, ‘they_lie_in_wait’.

LAM 4:19 contextual word gloss=‘they_lay_in_wait’ word gloss=‘lay_in_wait’ OSHB LAM 4:19 word 10

OET-LV: 19 swift they _were those _of_who_pursued _us more_than_the_eagles _of heaven on the_mountains they_hotly _pursued _us in_wilderness they _lay _in _wait to/for_us. (LAM_4:19)

OET-RV: 19 The ones chasing after us were faster than the eagles in the sky.
⇔ They chased us over the mountains,
⇔ then they ambushed us in the wilderness. (LAM 4:19)