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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 1:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 1:1915 words
HebrewMeaning
קָרָ֤אתִיqārāʾtiy
bewrayverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
לַֽ/מְאַהֲבַ/י֙laməʾahăbay
love(-dpronH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
הֵ֣מָּהhēmāh
itprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
רִמּ֔וּ/נִיrimwniy
beguileverbH7411
betray · man · carry · deceive ···
כֹּהֲנַ֥/יkōhănay
chief rulernounH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
וּ/זְקֵנַ֖/יwzəqēnay
agedconjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
בָּ/עִ֣ירbāʿiyr
AipronH5892
city · court · town
גָּוָ֑עוּgāwāʿw
dieverbH1478
be dead · give up the ghost · perish
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בִקְשׁ֥וּbiqəšw
askverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
אֹ֨כֶל֙ʾōkel
eatingnounH400
food · meal · meat · prey ···
לָ֔/מוֹlāmwō
pron
וְ/יָשִׁ֖יבוּwəyāšiybw
((breakconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשָֽׁ/םnapəšām
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
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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