Hebrew Interlinear
Lamentations 4:20 Interlinear
“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...