Hebrew Interlinear
Lamentations 4:5 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Lamentations 4:5, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ | H398 | They that did feed | to eat (literally or figuratively) |
| 2 | לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔ים | H4574 | delicately | a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully) |
| 3 | נָשַׁ֖מּוּ | H8074 | are desolate | to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense) |
| 4 | בַּחוּצ֑וֹת | H2351 | in the streets | properly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors |
| 5 | הָאֱמֻנִים֙ | H539 | they that were brought up | properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen |
| 6 | עֲלֵ֣י | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 7 | תוֹלָ֔ע | H8438 | in scarlet | a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of h8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cl |
| 8 | חִבְּק֖וּ | H2263 | embrace | to clasp (the hands or in embrace) |
| 9 | אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת׃ | H830 | dunghills | a heap of rubbish or filth |
Verse Context
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Lamentations 4:5 (current)They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills
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