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Lamentations 4:20 — King James Version← Study notes

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 4:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 4:2011 words
HebrewMeaning
ר֤וּחַrwḥa
airnounH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
אַפֵּ֨י/נוּ֙ʾapēynw
angernounH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
מְשִׁ֣יחַməšiyḥa
anointednounH4899
Messiah
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
נִלְכַּ֖דniləkad
catchverbH3920
at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···
בִּ/שְׁחִיתוֹתָ֑/םbišəḥiytwōtām
destructionpronH7825
pit
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָמַ֔רְנוּʾāmarənw
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בְּ/צִלּ֖/וֹbəṣilwō
defencepronH6738
shade
נִֽחְיֶ֥הniḥəyeh
keep (leaveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
בַ/גּוֹיִֽםbagwōyim
GentilepronH1471
heathen · nation · people
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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