Hebrew Interlinear

Lamentations 2:3 Interlinear

He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy and he burned against Jacob fire like a flaming which devoureth round about

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1גָּדַ֣עH1438He hath cut offto fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
2בָּֽחֳרִיH2750in his fiercea burning (i.e., intense) anger
3אַ֗ףH639angerproperly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
4כֹּ֚לH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
5קֶ֣רֶןH7161all the horna horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e., ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a moun
6יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
7הֵשִׁ֥יבH7725he hath drawnto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
8אָח֛וֹרH268backthe hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
9יְמִינ֖וֹH3225his right handthe right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
10מִפְּנֵ֣יH6440from beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
11אוֹיֵ֑בH341the enemyhating; an adversary
12וַיִּבְעַ֤רH1197and he burnedto be(-come) brutish
13בְּיַעֲקֹב֙H3290against Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
14כְּאֵ֣שׁH784firefire (literally or figuratively)
15לֶֽהָבָ֔הH3852like a flamingflame
16אָכְלָ֖הH398which devourethto eat (literally or figuratively)
17סָבִֽיב׃H5439round about(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

Verse Context

Lamentations 2:2hath swallowed up The Lord and hath not pitied ...
Lamentations 2:3 (current)He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy and he burned against Jacob fire like a flaming which devoureth round about
Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy he stood with his right hand as an adversary...

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