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Lamentations 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.


Lamentations 1:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 1:516 words
HebrewMeaning
הָי֨וּhāyw
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
צָרֶ֤י/הָṣāreyhā
adversarynounH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
לְ/רֹאשׁ֙lərōʾš
bandpronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
אֹיְבֶ֣י/הָʾōyəbeyhā
enemyverbH341
foe
שָׁל֔וּšālw
be happyverbH7951
prosper · be in safety
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הוֹגָ֖/הּhwōgāh
afflictverbH3013
cause grief · grieve · sorrowful · vex
עַ֣לʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹבrōb
abundancenounH7230
all · common · excellent · great(-ly ···
פְּשָׁעֶ֑י/הָpəšāʿeyhā
rebellionnounH6588
sin · transgression · trespass
עוֹלָלֶ֛י/הָʿwōlāleyhā
babenounH5768
child · infant · little one
הָלְכ֥וּhāləkw
alongverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
שְׁבִ֖יšəbiy
captivenounH7628
prisoners · take away · that was taken
לִ/פְנֵיlipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
צָֽרṣār
adversarynounH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
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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