“The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.”
Lamentations 4:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Lamentations 4:2011 words
HebrewMeaning
ר֤וּחַrwḥa
the breath ofnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
אַפֵּ֨י/נוּ֙ʾapēynw
nostrils ournounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
מְשִׁ֣יחַməšiyḥa
the one anointed ofnounH4899
Messiah
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
נִלְכַּ֖דniləkad
he was capturedverbH3920
at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···
בִּ/שְׁחִיתוֹתָ֑/םbišəḥiytwōtām
in pits theirpronH7825
pit
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָמַ֔רְנוּʾāmarənw
we had saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בְּ/צִלּ֖/וֹbəṣilwō
in shadow hispronH6738
shade
נִֽחְיֶ֥הniḥəyeh
we will liveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
בַ/גּוֹיִֽםbagwōyim
among the nationspronH1471
heathen · nation · people
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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