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Lamentations 2:4 — King James Version← Study notes

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.


Lamentations 2:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 2:416 words
HebrewMeaning
דָּרַ֨ךְdārakə
archerverbH1869
bend · come · draw · go ···
קַשְׁתּ֜/וֹqašətwō
bow(-mannounH7198
arch · arrow · -shot)
כְּ/אוֹיֵ֗בkəʾwōyēb
enemypronH341
foe
נִצָּ֤בniṣāb
appointedverbH5324
deputy · erect · establish · Huzzah ···
יְמִינ/וֹ֙yəmiynwō
right (handnounH3225
left-handed · side) · south
כְּ/צָ֔רkəṣār
adversarypronH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
וַֽ/יַּהֲרֹ֔גwayahărōg
destroyconjH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
כֹּ֖לkōl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מַחֲמַדֵּיmaḥămadēy
belovednounH4261
desire · goodly · lovely · pleasant
עָ֑יִןʿāyin
eyenounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
בְּ/אֹ֨הֶל֙bəʾōhel
coveringpronH168
home · tabernacle · tent
בַּתbat
applenounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
צִיּ֔וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
שָׁפַ֥ךְšāpakə
castverbH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
כָּ/אֵ֖שׁkāʾēš
burningpronH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
חֲמָתֽ/וֹḥămātwō
angernounH2534
bottles · hot displeasure · furious(-ly · -ry) ···
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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