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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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1יֵשְׁב֨וּH3427sitproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
2לָאָ֙רֶץ֙H776to the groundthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
3יִדְּמוּ֙H1826and keep silenceto be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
4זִקְנֵ֣יH2205The eldersold
5בַתH1323of the daughtera daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
6צִיּ֔וֹןH6726of Ziontsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of jerusalem
7הֶֽעֱל֤וּH5927they have cast upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
8עָפָר֙H6083dustdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
9עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10רֹאשָׁ֔ןH7218their headsthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
11חָגְר֖וּH2296they have girdedto gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
12שַׂקִּ֑יםH8242themselves with sackclothproperly, 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
13הוֹרִ֤ידוּH3381hang 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
14לָאָ֙רֶץ֙H776to the groundthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
15רֹאשָׁ֔ןH7218their headsthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
16בְּתוּלֹ֖תH1330the virginsa virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
17יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389of Jerusalemjerushalaim 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...

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