Psalm 124:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

Young's Literal Translation
Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,

King James Bible
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Hebrew
when their anger
אַפָּ֣ם (’ap·pām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

flared
בַּחֲר֖וֹת (ba·ḥă·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

against us,
בָּֽנוּ׃ (bā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

then
אֲ֭זַי (’ă·zay)
Adverb
Strong's 233: Then, in that case

they would have swallowed
בְּלָע֑וּנוּ (bə·lā·‘ū·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common plural
Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf

us alive,
חַיִּ֣ים (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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