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Lamentations 5:14 — King James Version← Study notes

The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.


Lamentations 5:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 5:145 words
HebrewMeaning
זְקֵנִים֙zəqēniym
agedadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
מִ/שַּׁ֣עַרmišaʿar
citypronH8179
door · gate · port
שָׁבָ֔תוּšābātw
(cause toverbH7673
let · make to) cease · celebrate · cause to fail ···
בַּחוּרִ֖יםbaḥwriym
youngnounH970
chosen · hole
מִ/נְּגִינָתָֽ/םminəgiynātām
stringed instrumentpronH5058
musick · Neginoth · song
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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