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Lamentations 5:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.”

Lamentations 5:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 5:78 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲבֹתֵ֤י/נוּʾăbōtēynw
ancestors ournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
חָֽטְאוּ֙ḥāṭəʾw
they sinnedverbH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
אינ/םʾynm
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
וְ/אֵינָ֔/םwəʾēynām
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אנחנוʾnḥnw
ourselvesprepH587
us · we
וַ/אֲנַ֖חְנוּwaʾănaḥənw
ourselvesconjH587
us · we
עֲוֺנֹתֵי/הֶ֥םʿăwōnōtēyhem
iniquities theirnounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
סָבָֽלְנוּsābālənw
we have borneverbH5445
be a burden · carry · strong to labour
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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