Lamentations 2:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.”

Lamentations 2:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 2:917 words

HebrewMeaning

טָבְע֤וּṭābəʿw

drownverbH2883

fasten · settle · sink

בָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙bāʾāreṣ

earthpronH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

שְׁעָרֶ֔י/הָšəʿāreyhā

citynounH8179

door · gate · port

אִבַּ֥דʾibad

breakverbH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

וְ/שִׁבַּ֖רwəšibar

break (downconjH7665

off · in pieces · up) · broken ···

בְּרִיחֶ֑י/הָbəriyḥeyhā

barnounH1280

fugitive

מַלְכָּ֨/הּmaləkāh

kingnounH4428

royal

וְ/שָׂרֶ֤י/הָwəśāreyhā

captainconjH8269

chief · general · governor · keeper ···

בַ/גּוֹיִם֙bagwōyim

GentilepronH1471

heathen · nation · people

אֵ֣יןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

תּוֹרָ֔הtwōrāh

lawnounH8451

גַּםgam

againparticleH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

נְבִיאֶ֕י/הָnəbiyʾeyhā

prophecynounH5030

that prophesy · prophet

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

מָצְא֥וּmāṣəʾw

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

חָז֖וֹןḥāzwōn

visionnounH2377

מֵ/יְהוָֽהmēyəhwāh

LORDpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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