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Lamentations 4:12 — King James Version← Study notes

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.


Lamentations 4:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 4:1214 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹ֤אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הֶאֱמִ֨ינוּ֙heʾĕmiynw
they believedverbH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
מַלְכֵיmaləkēy
the kings ofnounH4428
royal
אֶ֔רֶץʾereṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
ו/כלwkl
all (mannerconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
כֹּ֖לkōl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyōšəbēy
the inhabitants ofverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
תֵבֵ֑לtēbēl
the worldnounH8398
world
כִּ֤יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָבֹא֙yābōʾ
he will goverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
צַ֣רṣar
opponentnounH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
וְ/אוֹיֵ֔בwəʾwōyēb
and enemyconjH341
foe
בְּ/שַׁעֲרֵ֖יbəšaʿărēy
in the gates ofpronH8179
door · gate · port
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽםyərwšālāim
JerusalemnounH3389
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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