Hebrew Interlinear

Lamentations 2:16 Interlinear

have opened their mouth All thine enemies against thee they hiss and gnash the teeth they say We have swallowed her up certainly this is the day that we looked for we have found we have seen

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1פָּצ֨וּH6475have openedto rend, i.e., open (especially the mouth)
2עָלַ֤יִךְH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
3פִּיהֶם֙H6310their mouththe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
4כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
5אֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְH341All thine enemieshating; an adversary
6שָֽׁרְקוּ֙H8319against thee they hissproperly, to be shrill, i.e., to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
7וַיַּֽחַרְקוּH2786and gnashto grate the teeth
8שֵׁ֔ןH8127the teetha tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
9אָמְר֖וּH559they sayto say (used with great latitude)
10בִּלָּ֑עְנוּH1104We have swallowed her upto make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
11אַ֣ךְH389certainlya particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
12זֶ֥הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
13הַיּ֛וֹםH3117this is the daya day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
14שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּH6960that we looked forto bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
15מָצָ֥אנוּH4672we have foundproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
16רָאִֽינוּ׃H7200we have seento see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

Verse Context

Lamentations 2:15by clap their hands All that pass at thee...
Lamentations 2:16 (current)have opened their mouth All thine enemies against thee they hiss and gnash the teeth they say We have swallowed her up certainly this is the day that we looked for we have found we have seen
Lamentations 2:17hath done The LORD that which he had devised he hath fulfilled his word...

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