Psalms 124:3

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
3	Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:	when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,	Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us:

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
then	אֲ֭זַי	'A-zai	H0233	in that case אֲזַי (a.zay) then, in that case
alive	חַיִּ֣ים	chai-YIM	H2416A	alive חַי (chay) adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) Aramaic equivalent: chay (חַי "living" H2417)
they had swallowed up us	בְּלָע֑וּנוּ	be-la-'U-nu	H1104	to swallow up בָּלַע (ba.la) 1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swallow down 1a2) to swallow up, engulf 1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to swallow 1c2) to swallow up, engulf 1c3) squandering (fig.) 1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up 1e) (Hithpael) to be ended
when burned	בַּחֲר֖וֹת	ba-cha-ROT	H2734	to be incensed חָרָה (cha.rah) 1) to be hot, furious, burn, becomeangry, be kindled 1a) (Qal) to burn, kindle (anger) 1b) (Niphal) to be angry with, be incensed 1c) (Hiphil) to burn, kindle 1d) (Hithpael) to heat oneself in vexation
anger their	אַפָּ֣ם	'a-PAM	H0639G	face: anger אַף (aph) : anger 1) nostril, nose, face 2) anger

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.