Lamentations 5:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.”

Lamentations 5:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 5:96 words

HebrewMeaning

בְּ/נַפְשֵׁ֨/נוּ֙bənapəšēnw

anypronH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

נָבִ֣יאnābiyʾ

abideverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

לַחְמֵ֔/נוּlaḥəmēnw

breadnounH3899

eat · food · fruit · loaf ···

מִ/פְּנֵ֖יmipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

חֶ֥רֶבḥereb

axenounH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

הַ/מִּדְבָּֽרhamidəbār

desertparticleH4057

south · speech · wilderness

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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