Lamentations 5 interlinear
The Hebrew text of Lamentations 5 word by word, with each word’s gloss, a short parsing and its Strong’s number, and the King James Version for comparison.
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Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
זְכֹרrememberverb Qal impv 2 sg mH2142יְהוָהO Yahwehname TitleH3068מֶה־what?Interrogative pronH4100הָיָהhas it happenedverb Qal perf 3 sg mH1961לָנוּto usprep + sfx 1 pl cH9035הַבִּיטָהlook !verb Hiphil impv 2 sg m + Paragogic HéH5027וּרְאֵהand seeconj + verb Qal impv 2 sg mH7200אֶת־obj.Object indicatorH853חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ׃reproach ournoun sg f cstr + sfx 1 pl cH2781 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
נַחֲלָתֵנוּinheritance ournoun sg f cstr + sfx 1 pl cH5159נֶהֶפְכָהit has been turned oververb Niphal perf 3 sg fH2015לְזָרִיםto strangersprep + adj pl m absH2114בָּתֵּינוּhouses ournoun pl m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH1004לְנָכְרִים׃to foreignersprep + adj pl m absH5237 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
יְתוֹמִיםfatherless onesnoun pl m absH3490הָיִינוּwe have becomeverb Qal perf 1 pl cH1961וְאֵיןand there notconj + noun sg m cstrH369אָב[is] a fathernoun sg m absH1אִמֹּתֵינוּmothers ournoun pl f cstr + sfx 1 pl cH517כְּאַלְמָנוֹת׃[are] like widowsprep + noun pl f absH490 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
מֵימֵינוּwater ournoun pl m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH4325בְּכֶסֶףfor moneyprep + noun sg m absH3701שָׁתִינוּwe have drunkverb Qal perf 1 pl cH8354עֵצֵינוּwoods ournoun pl m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH6086בִּמְחִירfor a priceprep + noun sg m absH4242יָבֹאוּ׃they comeverb Qal impf 3 pl mH935 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
עַלatprepH5921צַוָּארֵנוּneck ournoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH6677נִרְדָּפְנוּwe have been pursuedverb Niphal perf 1 pl cH7291יָגַעְנוּwe have become wearyverb Qal perf 1 pl cH3021וְלֹאand notconj + Negative ParticleH3808הוּנַחit has been given restverb Hophal perf 3 sg mH5117לָנוּ׃to usprep + sfx 1 pl cH9035 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
מִצְרַיִםEgyptname LocationH4714נָתַנּוּwe have givenverb Qal perf 1 pl cH5414יָדa handnoun sg c absH3027אַשּׁוּרAssyrianame LocationH804לִשְׂבֹּעַto be satisfiedprep + verb Qal inf cstrH7646לָחֶם׃breadnoun sg m absH3899 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
אֲבֹתֵינוּancestors ournoun pl f cstr + sfx 1 pl cH1חָטְאוּthey sinnedverb Qal perf 3 pl cH2398וְאֵינָםand not [are] theyconj + noun sg m cstr + sfx 3 pl mH369וַאֲנַחְנוּand weconj + pron 1 pl cH587עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶםiniquities theirnoun pl f cstr + sfx 3 pl mH5771סָבָלְנוּ׃we have borneverb Qal perf 1 pl cH5445 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
עֲבָדִיםslavesnoun pl m absH5650מָשְׁלוּthey have ruledverb Qal perf 3 pl cH4910בָנוּover usprep + sfx 1 pl cH9035פֹּרֵק[is one who] rescuesverb Qal ptc sg m absH6561אֵיןthere notnoun sg m cstrH369מִיָּדָם׃from hand theirprep + noun sg c cstr + sfx 3 pl mH3027 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּwith life ourprep + noun sg f cstr + sfx 1 pl cH5315נָבִיאwe bringverb Hiphil impf 1 pl cH935לַחְמֵנוּbread ournoun sg c cstr + sfx 1 pl mH3899מִפְּנֵיfrom because ofprep + noun pl m cstrH6440חֶרֶב[the] sword ofnoun sg f cstrH2719הַמִּדְבָּר׃the wildernessart + noun sg m absH4057 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
עוֹרֵנוּskin ournoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH5785כְּתַנּוּרlike an ovenprep + noun sg m absH8574נִכְמָרוּthey have grown hotverb Niphal perf 3 pl cH3648מִפְּנֵיfrom because ofprep + noun pl m cstrH6440זַלְעֲפוֹת[the] burning heat ofnoun pl f cstrH2152רָעָב׃hungernoun sg m absH7458 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
נָשִׁיםwomennoun pl m absH802בְּצִיּוֹןin Zionprep + name LocationH6726עִנּוּmen have humiliatedverb Piel perf 3 pl cH6031בְּתֻלֹתvirginsnoun pl f absH1330בְּעָרֵיin [the] cities ofprep + noun pl m cstrH5892יְהוּדָה׃Judahname LocationH3063 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
שָׂרִיםprincesnoun pl m absH8269בְּיָדָםby hand theirprep + noun sg c cstr + sfx 3 pl mH3027נִתְלוּthey have been hangedverb Niphal perf 3 pl cH8518פְּנֵי[the] face ofnoun pl m cstrH6440זְקֵנִיםeldersadj pl m absH2205לֹאnotNegative ParticleH3808נֶהְדָּרוּ׃they have been honoredverb Niphal perf 3 pl cH1921 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
בַּחוּרִיםyoung mennoun pl m absH970טְחוֹןa millnoun sg m absH2911נָשָׂאוּthey have liftedverb Qal perf 3 pl cH5375וּנְעָרִיםand young menconj + noun pl m absH5288בָּעֵץwith the woodprep Definite + noun sg m absH6086כָּשָׁלוּ׃they have staggeredverb Qal perf 3 pl cH3782 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
זְקֵנִיםold [men]adj pl m absH2205מִשַּׁעַרfrom [the] gateprep + noun sg m absH8179שָׁבָתוּthey have ceasedverb Qal perf 3 pl cH7673בַּחוּרִיםyoung mennoun pl m absH970מִנְּגִינָתָם׃from music theirprep + noun sg f cstr + sfx 3 pl mH5058 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
שָׁבַתit has ceasedverb Qal perf 3 sg mH7673מְשׂוֹשׂ[the] joy ofnoun sg m cstrH4885לִבֵּנוּheart ournoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH3820נֶהְפַּךְit has been changedverb Niphal perf 3 sg mH2015לְאֵבֶלinto mourningprep + noun sg m absH60מְחֹלֵנוּ׃dancing ournoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH4234 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
נָפְלָהit has fallenverb Qal perf 3 sg fH5307עֲטֶרֶת[the] crown ofnoun sg f cstrH5850רֹאשֵׁנוּhead ournoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH7218אוֹי־woe!InterjectionH188נָאpleaseInterjectionH4994לָנוּto usprep + sfx 1 pl cH9035כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588חָטָאנוּ׃we have sinnedverb Qal perf 1 pl cH2398 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
עַל־onprepH5921זֶהthisDemonstrative ParticleH2088הָיָהit has becomeverb Qal perf 3 sg mH1961דָוֶהfaintadj sg m absH1739לִבֵּנוּheart ournoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH3820עַל־onprepH5921אֵלֶּהthese [things]Demonstrative ParticleH428חָשְׁכוּthey have grown dimverb Qal perf 3 pl cH2821עֵינֵינוּ׃eyes ournoun du f cstr + sfx 1 pl cH5869 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
עַלonprepH5921הַר־[the] mountain ofnoun sg m cstrH2022צִיּוֹןZionname LocationH6726שֶׁשָּׁמֵםthat [is] desolateRelative Particle + adj sg m absH8074שׁוּעָלִיםfoxesnoun pl m absH7776הִלְּכוּ־they have prowledverb Piel perf 3 pl cH1980בוֹ׃ פon itprep + sfx 3 sg mH9033 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
אַתָּהyoupron 2 sg mH859יְהוָהO Yahwehname TitleH3068לְעוֹלָםfor everprep + noun sg m absH5769תֵּשֵׁבyou will sitverb Qal impf 2 sg mH3427כִּסְאֲךָthrone yournoun sg m cstr + sfx 2 sg mH3678לְדֹר[is] to a generationprep + noun sg m absH1755וָדוֹר׃and a generationconj + noun sg m absH1755 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
לָמָּהto why?prep + Interrogative pronH4100לָנֶצַחto perpetuityprep + noun sg m absH5331תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּdo you forget usverb Qal impf 2 sg m + sfx 1 pl cH7911תַּעַזְבֵנוּdo you abandon? usverb Qal impf 2 sg m + sfx 1 pl cH5800לְאֹרֶךְfor length ofprep + noun sg m cstrH753יָמִים׃daysnoun pl m absH3117 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
הֲשִׁיבֵנוּcause to return usverb Hiphil impv 2 sg m + sfx 1 pl cH7725יְהוָהO Yahwehname TitleH3068אֵלֶיךָto yourselfprep + sfx 2 sg mH413וְנָשׁוּבָהso let us returnconj + verb Qal impf 1 pl cH7725חַדֵּשׁrenewverb Piel impv 2 sg mH2318יָמֵינוּdays ournoun pl m cstr + sfx 1 pl cH3117כְּקֶדֶם׃like ancient timeprep + noun sg m absH6924 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
כִּיthatConditional ParticleH3588אִם־exceptConditional ParticleH518מָאֹסcertainly to rejectverb Qal inf absH3988מְאַסְתָּנוּyou have rejected usverb Qal perf 2 sg m + sfx 1 pl cH3988קָצַפְתָּyou are angryverb Qal perf 2 sg mH7107עָלֵינוּtowards usprep + sfx 1 pl cH5921עַד־up toprepH5704מְאֹד׃muchnessadj sg m absH3966
Hebrew: Leningrad Codex. Tagging, glosses and parsing: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Strong’s numbers link to word studies.