Hebrew Interlinear
Lamentations 2:12 Interlinear
“into their mothers They say Where is corn and wine when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city was poured out when their soul bosom into their mothers”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | אִמֹּתָֽם׃ | H517 | into their mothers | a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) |
| 2 | יֹֽאמְר֔וּ | H559 | They say | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 3 | אַיֵּ֖ה | H346 | where? | |
| 4 | דָּגָ֣ן | H1715 | Where is corn | properly, increase, i.e., grain |
| 5 | וָיָ֑יִן | H3196 | and wine | wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication |
| 6 | בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם | H5848 | when they swooned | to shroud, i.e., clothe (whether transitive or reflexive); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish |
| 7 | כֶּֽחָלָל֙ | H2491 | as the wounded | pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted |
| 8 | בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת | H7339 | in the streets | a width, i.e., (concretely) avenue or area |
| 9 | עִ֔יר | H5892 | of the city | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 10 | בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ | H8210 | was poured out | to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc |
| 11 | נַפְשָׁ֔ם | H5315 | when their soul | properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment |
| 12 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 13 | חֵ֖יק | H2436 | bosom | the bosom (literally or figuratively) |
| 14 | אִמֹּתָֽם׃ | H517 | into their mothers | a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) |
Verse Context
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Lamentations 2:12 (current)into their mothers They say Where is corn and wine when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city was poured out when their soul bosom into their mothers
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