Lamentations 4:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

Young's Literal Translation
The breath of our nostrils—the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: ‘In his shadow we do live among nations.’

King James Bible
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

Hebrew
The LORD’s
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

anointed,
מְשִׁ֣יחַ (mə·šî·aḥ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4899: Anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah

the breath
ר֤וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

of our life,
אַפֵּ֙ינוּ֙ (’ap·pê·nū)
Noun - mdc | first person common plural
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

was captured
נִלְכַּ֖ד (nil·kaḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere

in their pits.
בִּשְׁחִיתוֹתָ֑ם (biš·ḥî·ṯō·w·ṯām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7825: A pit-fall

We had said
אָמַ֔רְנוּ (’ā·mar·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

of him,
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

“Under his shadow
בְּצִלּ֖וֹ (bə·ṣil·lōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6738: A shadow

we will live
נִֽחְיֶ֥ה (niḥ·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

among the nations.”
בַגּוֹיִֽם׃ (ḇag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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