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Lamentations 2:10 — King James Version← Study notes

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.


Lamentations 2:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 2:1017 words
HebrewMeaning
יֵשְׁב֨וּyēšəbw
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
לָ/אָ֤רֶץlāʾāreṣ
earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
יִדְּמוּ֙yidəmw
ceaseverbH1826
be cut down · forbear · hold peace · quiet self ···
זִקְנֵ֣יziqənēy
agedadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
בַתbat
applenounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
צִיּ֔וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
הֶֽעֱל֤וּheʿĕlw
ariseverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
עָפָר֙ʿāpār
ashesnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹאשָׁ֔/םrōʾšām
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
חָגְר֖וּḥāgərw
be able to put onverbH2296
be afraid · appointed · gird · restrain ···
שַׂקִּ֑יםśaqiym
sack(-clothnounH8242
-clothes)
הוֹרִ֤ידוּhwōriydw
bring downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
לָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙lāʾāreṣ
earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
רֹאשָׁ֔/ןrōʾšān
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
בְּתוּלֹ֖תbətwlōt
maidnounH1330
virgin
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽםyərwšālāim
JerusalemnounH3389
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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