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Lamentations 4:5 — King James Version← Study notes

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.


Lamentations 4:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 4:59 words
HebrewMeaning
הָ/אֹֽכְלִים֙hāʾōkəliym
the ones eatingparticleH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
לְ/מַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔יםləmaʿădaniym
delicaciespronH4574
delicately · delight
נָשַׁ֖מּוּnāšamw
they are desolateverbH8074
be astonied · astonish · (be · bring into ···
בַּ/חוּצ֑וֹתbaḥwṣwōt
in the streetspronH2351
field · forth · highway · more ···
הָ/אֱמֻנִים֙hāʾĕmuniym
the ones brought upparticleH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
עֲלֵ֣יʿălēy
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
תוֹלָ֔עtwōlāʿ
crimsonnounH8438
scarlet · worm
חִבְּק֖וּḥibəqw
they have embracedverbH2263
fold
אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹתʾašəpatwōt
ash heapsnounH830
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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