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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
to mothers theirpronH517
mother · parting
יֹֽאמְר֔וּyōʾmərw
they sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַיֵּ֖הʾayēh
where?particleH346
דָּגָ֣ןdāgān
are grainnounH1715
wheat
וָ/יָ֑יִןwāyāyin
and wineconjH3196
wine · wine
בְּ/הִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤/םbəhitəʿaṭəpām
when faint away theypronH5848
fail · faint · feebler · hide self ···
כֶּֽ/חָלָל֙keḥālāl
like one fatally woundedpronH2491
profane · slain · slew · wounded
בִּ/רְחֹב֣וֹתbirəḥōbwōt
in the open places ofpronH7339
street. See also
עִ֔ירʿiyr
a citynounH5892
city · court · town
בְּ/הִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְbəhišətapēkə
when pours itself outpronH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
נַפְשָׁ֔/םnapəšām
life theirnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
חֵ֖יקḥēyq
the bosom ofnounH2436
bottom · lap · midst · within
אִמֹּתָֽ/םʾimōtām
mothers theirnounH517
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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