Hebrew Interlinear

Lamentations 1:4 Interlinear

The ways of Zion do mourn because none come to the solemn feasts all her gates are desolate her priests sigh her virgins are afflicted and she is in bitterness

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1דַּרְכֵ֨יH1870The waysa road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
2צִיּ֜וֹןH6726of Ziontsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of jerusalem
3אֲבֵל֗וֹתH57do mournlamenting
4מִבְּלִי֙H1097properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
5בָּאֵ֣יH935because none cometo go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
6מוֹעֵ֔דH4150to the solemn feastsproperly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
7כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
8שְׁעָרֶ֙יהָ֙H8179all her gatesan opening, i.e., door or gate
9שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔יןH8074are desolateto stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
10כֹּהֲנֶ֖יהָH3548her priestsliterally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
11נֶאֱנָחִ֑יםH584sighto sigh
12בְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָH1330her virginsa virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
13נּוּג֖וֹתH3013are afflictedto grieve
14וְהִ֥יאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
15מַרH4843and she is in bitternessto be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
16לָֽהּ׃H0

Verse Context

Lamentations 1:3is gone into captivity Judah because of affliction and because of great servitude ...
Lamentations 1:4 (current)The ways of Zion do mourn because none come to the solemn feasts all her gates are desolate her priests sigh her virgins are afflicted and she is in bitterness
Lamentations 1:5 Her adversaries are the chief her enemies prosper ...

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