Lamentations 2:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.”

Lamentations 2:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 2:2115 words

HebrewMeaning

שָׁכְב֨וּšākəbw

cast downverbH7901

at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···

לָ/אָ֤רֶץlāʾāreṣ

earthpronH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

חוּצוֹת֙ḥwṣwōt

abroadnounH2351

field · forth · highway · more ···

נַ֣עַרnaʿar

babenounH5288

boy · child · damsel · lad ···

וְ/זָקֵ֔ןwəzāqēn

agedconjH2205

ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···

בְּתוּלֹתַ֥/יbətwlōtay

maidnounH1330

virgin

וּ/בַחוּרַ֖/יwbaḥwray

youngconjH970

chosen · hole

נָפְל֣וּnāpəlw

be acceptedverbH5307

cast (down · self · out) · cease ···

בֶ/חָ֑רֶבbeḥāreb

axepronH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

הָרַ֨גְתָּ֙hāragətā

destroyverbH2026

out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···

בְּ/י֣וֹםbəywōm

daypronH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

אַפֶּ֔/ךָʾapekā

angernounH639

before · countenance · face · forebearing ···

טָבַ֖חְתָּṭābaḥətā

killverbH2873

slaughter · slay

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

חָמָֽלְתָּḥāmālətā

have compassionverbH2550

pity · spare

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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