Hebrew Interlinear

Lamentations 1:16 Interlinear

For these things I weep mine eye mine eye runneth down with water is far because the comforter that should relieve my soul from me my children are desolate prevailed because the enemy

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
2אֵ֣לֶּה׀H428these or those
3אֲנִ֣יH589i
4בוֹכִיָּ֗הH1058For these things I weepto weep; generally to bemoan
5עֵינִי֙H5869mine eyean eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
6עֵינִי֙H5869mine eyean eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
7יֹ֣רְדָהH3381runneth downto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
8מַּ֔יִםH4325with waterwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
9כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10רָחַ֥קH7368is farto widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
11מִמֶּ֛נִּיH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
12מְנַחֵ֖םH5162because the comforterproperly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo
13מֵשִׁ֣יבH7725that should relieveto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
14נַפְשִׁ֑יH5315my soulproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
15הָי֤וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
16בָנַי֙H1121from me my childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
17שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔יםH8074are desolateto stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
18כִּ֥יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
19גָבַ֖רH1396prevailedto be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
20אוֹיֵֽב׃H341because the enemyhating; an adversary

Verse Context

Lamentations 1:15hath trodden under foot all my mighty The Lord men in the midst of me he hath called...
Lamentations 1:16 (current) For these things I weep mine eye mine eye runneth down with water is far because the comforter that should relieve my soul from me my children are desolate prevailed because the enemy
Lamentations 1:17spreadeth forth Zion her hands and there is none to comfort ...

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