Hebrew Interlinear
Lamentations 2:13 Interlinear
“for thee what thing What thing shall I take to witness for thee what thing shall I liken daughter of Jerusalem for thee what thing what shall I equal to thee that I may comfort thee O virgin daughter of Zion is great like the sea for thy breach who can heal ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | מָ֤ה | H4100 | for thee what thing | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and |
| 2 | אֲעִידֵ֞ךְ | H5749 | What thing shall I take to witness | to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication) |
| 3 | מָ֤ה | H4100 | for thee what thing | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and |
| 4 | אֲדַמֶּה | H1819 | shall I liken | to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider |
| 5 | לָּ֗ךְ | H0 | ||
| 6 | בַּת | H1323 | daughter | a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) |
| 7 | יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | H3389 | of Jerusalem | jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine |
| 8 | מָ֤ה | H4100 | for thee what thing | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and |
| 9 | אַשְׁוֶה | H7737 | what shall I equal | properly, to level, i.e., equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e., counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, et |
| 10 | לָּךְ֙ | H0 | ||
| 11 | וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְ | H5162 | to thee that I may comfort | properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo |
| 12 | בְּתוּלַ֖ת | H1330 | thee O virgin | a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state |
| 13 | בַּת | H1323 | daughter | a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) |
| 14 | צִיּ֑וֹן | H6726 | of Zion | tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of jerusalem |
| 15 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 16 | גָד֥וֹל | H1419 | is great | great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent |
| 17 | כַּיָּ֛ם | H3220 | like the sea | a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif |
| 18 | שִׁבְרֵ֖ךְ | H7667 | for thy breach | a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream) |
| 19 | מִ֥י | H4310 | who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | |
| 20 | יִרְפָּא | H7495 | who can heal | properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e., (figuratively) to cure |
| 21 | לָֽךְ׃ | H0 |
Verse Context
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Lamentations 2:13 (current)for thee what thing What thing shall I take to witness for thee what thing shall I liken daughter of Jerusalem for thee what thing what shall I equal to thee that I may comfort thee O virgin daughter of Zion is great like the sea for thy breach who can heal
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