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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
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הֶאֱמִ֨ינוּ֙heʾĕmiynw
henceverbH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
מַלְכֵיmaləkēy
kingnounH4428
royal
אֶ֔רֶץʾereṣ
earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
ו/כלwkl
all (mannerconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
כֹּ֖לkōl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יֹשְׁבֵ֣יyōšəbēy
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
תֵבֵ֑לtēbēl
habitable partnounH8398
world
כִּ֤יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָבֹא֙yābōʾ
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
צַ֣רṣar
adversarynounH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
וְ/אוֹיֵ֔בwəʾwōyēb
enemyconjH341
foe
בְּ/שַׁעֲרֵ֖יbəšaʿărēy
citypronH8179
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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