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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
they have becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
צָרֶ֤י/הָṣāreyhā
opponents hernounH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
לְ/רֹאשׁ֙lərōʾš
a headpronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
אֹיְבֶ֣י/הָʾōyəbeyhā
enemies herverbH341
foe
שָׁל֔וּšālw
they are at easeverbH7951
prosper · be in safety
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הוֹגָ֖/הּhwōgāh
he has caused grief to herverbH3013
cause grief · grieve · sorrowful · vex
עַ֣לʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹבrōb
the multitude ofnounH7230
all · common · excellent · great(-ly ···
פְּשָׁעֶ֑י/הָpəšāʿeyhā
transgressions hernounH6588
sin · transgression · trespass
עוֹלָלֶ֛י/הָʿwōlāleyhā
children hernounH5768
child · infant · little one
הָלְכ֥וּhāləkw
they have goneverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
שְׁבִ֖יšəbiy
captivitynounH7628
prisoners · take away · that was taken
לִ/פְנֵיlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
צָֽרṣār
an opponentnounH6862
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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