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Lamentations 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.


Lamentations 5:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 5:37 words
HebrewMeaning
יְתוֹמִ֤יםyətwōmiym
fatherlessnounH3490
orphan
הָיִ֨ינוּ֙hāyiynw
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
איןʾyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
וְ/אֵ֣יןwəʾēyn
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אָ֔בʾāb
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אִמֹּתֵ֖י/נוּʾimōtēynw
damnounH517
mother · parting
כְּ/אַלְמָנֽוֹתkəʾaləmānwōt
desolate housepronH490
widow
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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