Hebrew Interlinear

Lamentations 1:3 Interlinear

is gone into captivity Judah because of affliction and because of great servitude she dwelleth among the heathen she findeth no rest all her persecutors overtook her between the straits

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1גָּֽלְתָ֨הH1540is gone into captivityto denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
2יְהוּדָ֤הH3063Judahjehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
3מֵעֹ֙נִי֙H6040because of afflictiondepression, i.e., misery
4וּמֵרֹ֣בH7230and because of greatabundance (in any respect)
5עֲבֹדָ֔הH5656servitudework of any kind
6הִ֚יאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
7יָשְׁבָ֣הH3427she dwellethproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
8בַגּוֹיִ֔םH1471among the heathena foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
9לֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
10מָצְאָ֖הH4672she findethproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
11מָנ֑וֹחַH4494no restquiet, i.e., (concretely) a settled spot, or (figuratively) a home
12כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
13רֹדְפֶ֥יהָH7291all her persecutorsto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
14הִשִּׂיג֖וּהָH5381overtookto reach (literally or figuratively)
15בֵּ֥יןH996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
16הַמְּצָרִֽים׃H4712her between the straitssomething tight, i.e., (figuratively) trouble

Verse Context

Lamentations 1:2She weepeth She weepeth in the night and her tears are on her cheeks...
Lamentations 1:3 (current)is gone into captivity Judah because of affliction and because of great servitude she dwelleth among the heathen she findeth no rest all her persecutors overtook her between the straits
Lamentations 1:4The ways of Zion do mourn because none come to the solemn feasts...

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