H3920–לָכַד–la.khad

For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow -- as a skilful hero -- returneth not empty,

תִּלָּכֵ֑ד ti.la.Khed “it will be captured”

I have laid a snare for thee, And also -- thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou -- thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up.

נִלְכַּדְתְּ֙ nil.kadT “you were caught”

Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city -- at the extremity.

נִלְכְּדָ֥ה nil.ke.Dah “it has been captured”

How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.

נִלְכְּדָ֣ה nil.ke.Dah “it will be captured”

For come in against it -- against Babylon -- hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences -- Jehovah -- doth certainly repay.

וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ (נִלְכְּדוּ֙) nil.ke.Du “they will be captured”

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.'

נִלְכַּ֖ד nil.Kad “he was captured”

`And the king of the north cometh in, and poureth out a mount, and hath captured fenced cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, yea, there is no power to stand.

וְלָכַ֖ד (לָכַ֖ד) la.Khad “he will capture”

`And he turneth back his face to the isles, and hath captured many; and a prince hath caused his reproach of himself to cease; without his reproach he turneth `it' back to him.

וְלָכַ֣ד (לָכַ֣ד) la.Khad “he will capture”

Roar doth a lion in a forest and prey he hath none? Give out doth a young lion his voice from his habitation, If he hath not caught?

לָכָֽד׃ la.Khad “it has caught [something]”

Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not?

וְלָכ֖וֹד (לָכ֖וֹד) la.Khod “surely <catch>”יִלְכּֽוֹד׃ yil.Kod “it catches [something]”

And at kings it doth scoff, And princes `are' a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.

וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃ (יִּלְכְּדָֽ) i.yil.ke.Da “it captured”

And I have gathered all the nations unto Jerusalem to battle, And captured hath been the city, And spoiled have been the houses, And the women are lain with, Gone forth hath half the city in a removal, And the remnant of the people are not cut off from the city.

וְנִלְכְּדָ֣ה (נִלְכְּדָ֣ה) nil.ke.Dah “it will be captured”