As birds
tsippowr (tsip-pore')
a little bird (as hopping) -- bird, fowl, sparrow.
flying
`uwph (oof)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
so will the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
of hosts
tsaba' (tsaw-baw')
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
defend
ganan (gaw-nan')
to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect -- defend.
Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im)
founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem.
defending
ganan (gaw-nan')
to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect -- defend.
also he will deliver
natsal (naw-tsal')
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
it and passing over
pacach (paw-sakh')
to hop, i.e. (figuratively) skip over (or spare); by implication, to hesitate; also (literally) to limp, to dance -- halt, become lame, leap, pass over.
he will preserve
malat (maw-lat')
to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
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