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Lamentations 5:12 Interlinear

“Princes by their hand are hanged up the faces of elders were not honoured”

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Lamentations 5 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שָׂרִים֙	H8269	Princes	a head person (of any rank or class)
2	בְּיָדָ֣ם	H3027	by their hand	a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
3	נִתְל֔וּ	H8518	are hanged up	to suspend (especially to gibbet)
4	פְּנֵ֥י	H6440	the faces	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
5	זְקֵנִ֖ים	H2205	of elders	old
6	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7	נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃	H1921	were not honoured	to swell up (literally or figuratively, active or passive); by implication, to favor or honor, be high or proud

Lamentations 5:12 (current)Princes by their hand are hanged up the faces of elders were not honoured