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Lamentations 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.


Lamentations 4:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 4:314 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּםgam
againparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
תניןtnyn
dragonnounH8568
תַּנִּים֙taniym
dragonnounH8568
חָ֣לְצוּḥāləṣw
armverbH2502
(go · ready) armed ( man · soldier) · deliver ···
שַׁ֔דšad
breastnounH7699
pap · teat
הֵינִ֖יקוּhēyniyqw
milchverbH3243
nurse · (give · make to) suck(-ing child · -ling)
גּוּרֵי/הֶ֑ןgwrēyhen
whelpnounH1482
young one
בַּתbat
applenounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
עַמִּ֣/יʿamiy
peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
לְ/אַכְזָ֔רləʾakəzār
cruelpronH393
fierce
כיky
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עניםʿnym
ostrichnounH3283
כַּ/יְעֵנִ֖יםkayəʿēniym
ostrichpronH3283
בַּ/מִּדְבָּֽרbamidəbār
desertpronH4057
south · speech · wilderness
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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