Lamentations 1:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.”

Lamentations 1:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 1:1915 words

HebrewMeaning

קָרָ֤אתִיqārāʾtiy

I calledverbH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

לַֽ/מְאַהֲבַ/י֙laməʾahăbay

to lovers mypronH157

-ly · -r) · like · friend

הֵ֣מָּהhēmāh

theyprepH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

רִמּ֔וּ/נִיrimwniy

they deceived meverbH7411

betray · man · carry · deceive ···

כֹּהֲנַ֥/יkōhănay

priests mynounH3548

own · priest · prince · principal officer

וּ/זְקֵנַ֖/יwzəqēnay

and elders myconjH2205

ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···

בָּ/עִ֣ירbāʿiyr

in the citypronH5892

city · court · town

גָּוָ֑עוּgāwāʿw

they perishedverbH1478

be dead · give up the ghost · perish

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

בִקְשׁ֥וּbiqəšw

they soughtverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

אֹ֨כֶל֙ʾōkel

foodnounH400

food · meal · meat · prey ···

לָ֔/מוֹlāmwō

pron

וְ/יָשִׁ֖יבוּwəyāšiybw

so they may be restoredconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

נַפְשָֽׁ/םnapəšām

life theirnounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

ℹWords 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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