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Lamentations 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes

They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.


Lamentations 2:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 2:1214 words
HebrewMeaning
לְ/אִמֹּתָ/ם֙ləʾimōtām
dampronH517
mother · parting
יֹֽאמְר֔וּyōʾmərw
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַיֵּ֖הʾayēh
whereparticleH346
דָּגָ֣ןdāgān
cornnounH1715
wheat
וָ/יָ֑יִןwāyāyin
banquetingconjH3196
wine · wine
בְּ/הִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤/םbəhitəʿaṭəpām
coverpronH5848
fail · faint · feebler · hide self ···
כֶּֽ/חָלָל֙keḥālāl
killpronH2491
profane · slain · slew · wounded
בִּ/רְחֹב֣וֹתbirəḥōbwōt
broad placepronH7339
street. See also
עִ֔ירʿiyr
AinounH5892
city · court · town
בְּ/הִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְbəhišətapēkə
castpronH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
נַפְשָׁ֔/םnapəšām
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
חֵ֖יקḥēyq
bosomnounH2436
bottom · lap · midst · within
אִמֹּתָֽ/םʾimōtām
damnounH517
mother · parting
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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