Hebrew Interlinear
Lamentations 2:10 Interlinear
“sit to the ground and keep silence The elders of the daughter of Zion they have cast up dust their heads they have girded themselves with sackcloth hang down to the ground their heads the virgins of Jerusalem”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | יֵשְׁב֨וּ | H3427 | sit | properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry |
| 2 | לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | H776 | to the ground | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 3 | יִדְּמוּ֙ | H1826 | and keep silence | to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish |
| 4 | זִקְנֵ֣י | H2205 | The elders | old |
| 5 | בַת | H1323 | of the daughter | a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) |
| 6 | צִיּ֔וֹן | H6726 | of Zion | tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of jerusalem |
| 7 | הֶֽעֱל֤וּ | H5927 | they have cast up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 8 | עָפָר֙ | H6083 | dust | dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud |
| 9 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 10 | רֹאשָׁ֔ן | H7218 | their heads | the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) |
| 11 | חָגְר֖וּ | H2296 | they have girded | to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.) |
| 12 | שַׂקִּ֑ים | H8242 | themselves with sackcloth | properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grai |
| 13 | הוֹרִ֤ידוּ | H3381 | hang down | to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau |
| 14 | לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | H776 | to the ground | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 15 | רֹאשָׁ֔ן | H7218 | their heads | the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) |
| 16 | בְּתוּלֹ֖ת | H1330 | the virgins | a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state |
| 17 | יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | H3389 | of Jerusalem | jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine |
Verse Context
Lamentations 2:9are sunk into the ground Her gates he hath destroyed and broken her bars...
Lamentations 2:10 (current)sit to the ground and keep silence The elders of the daughter of Zion they have cast up dust their heads they have girded themselves with sackcloth hang down to the ground their heads the virgins of Jerusalem
Lamentations 2:11do fail with tears Mine eyes are troubled my bowels is poured...