“Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?”
Lamentations 2:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Lamentations 2:2018 words
HebrewMeaning
רְאֵ֤הrəʾēh
seeverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְֽ/הַבִּ֔יטָ/הwəhabiyṭāh
and look !conjH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
לְ/מִ֖יləmiy
to whom?pronH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
עוֹלַ֣לְתָּʿwōlalətā
have you dealt severelyverbH5953
affect · child · defile · do ···
כֹּ֑הkōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אִםʾim
?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
תֹּאכַ֨לְנָהtōʾkalənāh
will they eatverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
נָשִׁ֤יםnāšiym
womennounH802
each · every · female · many ···
פִּרְיָ/ם֙pirəyām
descendants theirnounH6529
fruit · reward
עֹלֲלֵ֣יʿōlălēy
children ofnounH5768
child · infant · little one
טִפֻּחִ֔יםṭipuḥiym
healthnounH2949
אִםʾim
or?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יֵהָרֵ֛גyēhārēg
will he be killedverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
בְּ/מִקְדַּ֥שׁbəmiqədaš
in the sanctuary ofpronH4720
hallowed part · holy place · sanctuary
אֲדֹנָ֖/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
כֹּהֵ֥ןkōhēn
priestnounH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
וְ/נָבִֽיאwənābiyʾ
and prophetconjH5030
that prophesy · prophet
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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