Hebrew Interlinear

Lamentations 1:19 Interlinear

I called for my lovers but they deceived me my priests and mine elders in the city gave up the ghost while they sought their meat to relieve their souls

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1קָרָ֤אתִיH7121I calledto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
2לַֽמְאַהֲבַי֙H157for my loversto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
3הֵ֣מָּהH1992they (only used when emphatic)
4רִמּ֔וּנִיH7411but they deceivedto hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
5כֹּהֲנַ֥יH3548me my priestsliterally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
6וּזְקֵנַ֖יH2205and mine eldersold
7בָּעִ֣ירH5892in the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
8גָּוָ֑עוּH1478gave up the ghostto breathe out, i.e., (by implication) expire
9כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10בִקְשׁ֥וּH1245while they soughtto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
11אֹ֙כֶל֙H400their meatfood
12לָ֔מוֹH0
13וְיָשִׁ֖יבוּH7725to relieveto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
14אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
15נַפְשָֽׁם׃H5315their soulsproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

Verse Context

Lamentations 1:18is righteous The LORD against his commandment for I have rebelled...
Lamentations 1:19 (current)I called for my lovers but they deceived me my priests and mine elders in the city gave up the ghost while they sought their meat to relieve their souls
Lamentations 1:20Behold O LORD my bowels...

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