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Lamentations 1:11 — King James Version← Study notes

All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.


Lamentations 1:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 1:1117 words
HebrewMeaning
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עַמָּ֤/הּʿamāh
people itsnounH5971
men · nation · people
נֶאֱנָחִים֙neʾĕnāḥiym
are groaningverbH584
mourn · sigh
מְבַקְּשִׁ֣יםməbaqəšiym
are seekingverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
לֶ֔חֶםleḥem
breadnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
נָתְנ֧וּnātənw
they have givenverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
מחמודי/הםmḥmwdyhm
pleasant thingnounH4262
מַחֲמַדֵּי/הֶ֛םmaḥămadēyhem
belovednounH4261
desire · goodly · lovely · pleasant
בְּ/אֹ֖כֶלbəʾōkel
for foodpronH400
food · meal · meat · prey ···
לְ/הָשִׁ֣יבləhāšiyb
to restorepronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
נָ֑פֶשׁnāpeš
lifenounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
רְאֵ֤הrəʾēh
seeverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְֽ/הַבִּ֔יטָ/הwəhabiyṭāh
and look !conjH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָיִ֖יתִיhāyiytiy
I amverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
זוֹלֵלָֽהzwōlēlāh
despisedverbH2151
glutton · riotous · vile
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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