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Lamentations 1:17 — King James Version← Study notes

Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.


Lamentations 1:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 1:1715 words
HebrewMeaning
פֵּֽרְשָׂ֨הpērəśāh
it has spread outverbH6566
chop in pieces · lay open · scatter · spread (abroad ···
צִיּ֜וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
בְּ/יָדֶ֗י/הָbəyādeyhā
hands itspronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
אֵ֤יןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
מְנַחֵם֙mənaḥēm
a comforterverbH5162
ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)
לָ֔/הּlāh
pron
צִוָּ֧הṣiwāh
he has commandedverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/יַעֲקֹ֖בləyaʿăqōb
of JacobpronH3290
סְבִיבָ֣י/וsəbiybāyw
those around himnounH5439
round) about · circuit · compass · on every side
צָרָ֑י/וṣārāyw
will be opponents hisnounH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
הָיְתָ֧הhāyətāh
it has becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םyərwšālaim
JerusalemnounH3389
לְ/נִדָּ֖הlənidāh
an impure thingpronH5079
far · flowers · menstruous · put apart ···
בֵּינֵי/הֶֽםbēynēyhem
between thempronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
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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