Lamentations 4:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

accomplishverbH3615

cease · consume · determine · destroy ···

עֵינֵ֔י/נוּʿēynēynw

eyenounH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

עֶזְרָתֵ֖/נוּʿezərātēnw

help(-ednounH5833

-er)

הָ֑בֶלhābel

vainnounH1892

altogether · vanity

בְּ/צִפִּיָּתֵ֣/נוּbəṣipiyātēnw

watchingpronH6836

צִפִּ֔ינוּṣipiynw

beholdverbH6822

espy · look up · wait for · watch

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

גּ֖וֹיgwōy

GentilenounH1471

heathen · nation · people

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יוֹשִֽׁעַywōšiʿa

avengingverbH3467

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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