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Lamentations 4:16 — King James Version← Study notes

The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.


Lamentations 4:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 4:1614 words
HebrewMeaning
פְּנֵ֤יpənēy
the presence ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
חִלְּקָ֔/םḥiləqām
it scattered themverbH2505
distribute · divide · flatter · give ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יוֹסִ֖יףywōsiyp
he will repeatverbH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
לְ/הַבִּיטָ֑/םləhabiyṭām
to pay attention to thempronH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
פְּנֵ֤יpənēy
the face ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
כֹהֲנִים֙kōhăniym
priestsnounH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נָשָׂ֔אוּnāśāʾw
they lifted upverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
זקניםzqnym
agedadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
וּ/זְקֵנִ֖יםwzəqēniym
agedconjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חָנָֽנוּḥānānw
they showed favor toverbH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
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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Adam SmithNote1mo ago
The light of the world - Lamentations 4
Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction. God is faithful in every circumstance. I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth ...
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