“All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.”
Lamentations 2:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Lamentations 2:1616 words
HebrewMeaning
פָּצ֨וּpāṣw
they have openedverbH6475
gape · open · rid · utter
עָלַ֤יִ/ךְʿālayikə
on youpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פִּי/הֶם֙piyhem
mouth theirnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
א֣וֹיְבַ֔יִ/ךְʾwōyəbayikə
enemies yourverbH341
foe
שָֽׁרְקוּ֙šārəqw
they have hissedverbH8319
וַ/יַּֽחַרְקוּwayaḥarəqw
and they have gnashedconjH2786
שֵׁ֔ןšēn
a toothnounH8127
forefront · ivory · sharp · tooth
אָמְר֖וּʾāmərw
they saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בִּלָּ֑עְנוּbilāʿənw
we have swallowed upverbH1104
destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···
אַ֣ךְʾakə
surelyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
זֶ֥הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הַ/יּ֛וֹםhaywōm
is the dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
שֶׁ/קִּוִּינֻ֖/הוּšeqiwiynuhw
that we have waited for itparticleH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
מָצָ֥אנוּmāṣāʾnw
we have foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
רָאִֽינוּrāʾiynw
we have seenverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
ℹWords 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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