Hebrew Interlinear
Lamentations 4:20 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Lamentations 4:20, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“The breath of our nostrils the anointed of the LORD was taken in their pits of whom we said Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ר֤וּחַ | H7307 | The breath | wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the |
| 2 | אַפֵּ֙ינוּ֙ | H639 | of our nostrils | properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire |
| 3 | מְשִׁ֣יחַ | H4899 | the anointed | anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the messiah |
| 4 | יְהוָ֔ה | H3068 | of the LORD | (the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god |
| 5 | נִלְכַּ֖ד | H3920 | was taken | to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere |
| 6 | בִּשְׁחִיתוֹתָ֑ם | H7825 | in their pits | a pit-fall (literally or figuratively) |
| 7 | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 8 | אָמַ֔רְנוּ | H559 | of whom we said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 9 | בְּצִלּ֖וֹ | H6738 | Under his shadow | shade, whether literal or figurative |
| 10 | נִֽחְיֶ֥ה | H2421 | we shall live | to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive |
| 11 | בַגּוֹיִֽם׃ | H1471 | among the heathen | a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts |
Verse Context
Lamentations 4:19are swifter Our persecutors than the eagles of the heaven ...
Lamentations 4:20 (current)The breath of our nostrils the anointed of the LORD was taken in their pits of whom we said Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen
Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad O daughter of Edom that dwellest in the land...