Hebrew Interlinear

Lamentations 4:17 Interlinear

“ as yet failed As for us our eyes help for our vain in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save”

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Lamentations 4 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עוֹדֵ֙ינהּ֙	H5750		properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
2	תִּכְלֶ֣ינָה	H3615	as yet failed	to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
3	עֵינֵ֔ינוּ	H5869	As for us our eyes	an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
4	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
5	עֶזְרָתֵ֖נוּ	H5833	help	aid
6	הָ֑בֶל	H1892	for our vain	emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
7	בְּצִפִּיָּתֵ֣נוּ	H6836	in our watching	watchfulness
8	צִפִּ֔ינוּ	H6822	we have watched	properly, to lean forward, i.e., to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
9	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
10	גּ֖וֹי	H1471	for a nation	a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
11	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
12	יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃	H3467	that could not save	properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

Lamentations 4:17 (current) as yet failed As for us our eyes help for our vain in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save