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 4:5 — Hebrew 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

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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