“The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.”
Lamentations 2:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Lamentations 2:515 words
HebrewMeaning
הָיָ֨הhāyāh
he has becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אֲדֹנָ֤/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
כְּ/אוֹיֵב֙kəʾwōyēb
like an enemypronH341
foe
בִּלַּ֣עbilaʿ
he has swallowed upverbH1104
destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
בִּלַּע֙bilaʿ
he has swallowed upverbH1104
destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔י/הָʾarəmənwōteyhā
palaces itsnounH759
palace. Compare
שִׁחֵ֖תšiḥēt
he has ruinedverbH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
מִבְצָרָ֑י/וmibəṣārāyw
fortifications itsnounH4013
most) fenced · fortress · strong
וַ/יֶּ֨רֶב֙wayereb
and he has multipliedconjH7235
archer (by mistake for
בְּ/בַתbəbat
in the daughter ofpronH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
יְהוּדָ֔הyəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
תַּאֲנִיָּ֖הtaʾăniyāh
mourningnounH8386
mourning
וַ/אֲנִיָּֽהwaʾăniyāh
and lamentationconjH592
sorrow
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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