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Lamentations 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.


Lamentations 5:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 5:46 words
HebrewMeaning
מֵימֵ֨י/נוּ֙mēymēynw
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
בְּ/כֶ֣סֶףbəkesep
moneypronH3701
price · silver
שָׁתִ֔ינוּšātiynw
banquetverbH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
עֵצֵ֖י/נוּʿēṣēynw
gallowsnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
בִּ/מְחִ֥ירbiməḥiyr
gainpronH4242
hire · price · sold · worth
יָבֹֽאוּyābōʾw
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
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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