Hebrew Interlinear
Lamentations 2:5 Interlinear
“ The Lord was as an enemy he hath swallowed up Israel he hath swallowed up all her palaces he hath destroyed his strong holds and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הָיָ֨ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 2 | אֲדֹנָ֤י׀ | H136 | The Lord | the lord (used as a proper name of god only) |
| 3 | כְּאוֹיֵב֙ | H341 | was as an enemy | hating; an adversary |
| 4 | בִּלַּע֙ | H1104 | he hath swallowed up | to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy |
| 5 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | H3478 | Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 6 | בִּלַּע֙ | H1104 | he hath swallowed up | to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy |
| 7 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 8 | אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ | H759 | all her palaces | a citadel (from its height) |
| 9 | שִׁחֵ֖ת | H7843 | he hath destroyed | to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) |
| 10 | מִבְצָרָ֑יו | H4013 | his strong holds | a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender |
| 11 | וַיֶּ֙רֶב֙ | H7235 | and hath increased | to increase (in whatever respect) |
| 12 | בְּבַת | H1323 | in the daughter | a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) |
| 13 | יְהוּדָ֔ה | H3063 | of Judah | jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory |
| 14 | תַּאֲנִיָּ֖ה | H8386 | mourning | lamentation |
| 15 | וַאֲנִיָּֽה׃ | H592 | and lamentation | groaning |
Verse Context
Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy he stood with his right hand as an adversary...
Lamentations 2:5 (current) The Lord was as an enemy he hath swallowed up Israel he hath swallowed up all her palaces he hath destroyed his strong holds and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation
Lamentations 2:6And he hath violently taken away as if it were of a garden his tabernacle he hath destroyed hath caused the solemn feasts to be forgotten...