“As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.”
Lamentations 4:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Lamentations 4:1713 words
HebrewMeaning
עוד/ינהʿwdynh
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
עוֹדֵ֨י/נוּ֙ʿwōdēynw
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
תִּכְלֶ֣ינָהtikəleynāh
they failedverbH3615
cease · consume · determine · destroy ···
עֵינֵ֔י/נוּʿēynēynw
eyes ournounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עֶזְרָתֵ֖/נוּʿezərātēnw
help ournounH5833
-er)
הָ֑בֶלhābel
futilitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
בְּ/צִפִּיָּתֵ֣/נוּbəṣipiyātēnw
in watchtower ourpronH6836
צִפִּ֔ינוּṣipiynw
we watchedverbH6822
espy · look up · wait for · watch
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
גּ֖וֹיgwōy
a nationnounH1471
heathen · nation · people
לֹ֥אlōʾ
which notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יוֹשִֽׁעַywōšiʿa
it will saveverbH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
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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