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Lamentations 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.


Lamentations 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 2:817 words
HebrewMeaning
חָשַׁ֨בḥāšab
accountverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
יְהוָ֤הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/הַשְׁחִית֙ləhašəḥiyt
batterpronH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
חוֹמַ֣תḥwōmat
wallnounH2346
walled
בַּתbat
applenounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
צִיּ֔וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
נָ֣טָהnāṭāh
applyverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
קָ֔וqāw
line. ComparenounH6957
לֹאlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הֵשִׁ֥יבhēšiyb
((breakverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
יָד֖/וֹyādwō
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
מִ/בַּלֵּ֑עַmibalēʿa
coverpronH1104
destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···
וַ/יַּֽאֲבֶלwayaʾăbel
lamentconjH56
mourn
חֵ֥לḥēl
armynounH2426
bulwark · host · poor · rampart ···
וְ/חוֹמָ֖הwəḥwōmāh
wallconjH2346
walled
יַחְדָּ֥וyaḥədāw
alikeadvH3162
at all · both · likewise · only ···
אֻמְלָֽלוּʾuməlālw
languishverbH535
be weak · wax feeble
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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