Hebrew Interlinear
Lamentations 5:2 Interlinear
“Our inheritance is turned to strangers our houses to aliens”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ | H5159 | Our inheritance | properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion |
| 2 | נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה | H2015 | is turned | to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert |
| 3 | לְזָרִ֔ים | H2114 | to strangers | to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery |
| 4 | בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ | H1004 | our houses | a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) |
| 5 | לְנָכְרִֽים׃ | H5237 | to aliens | strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful) |
Verse Context
Lamentations 5:1Remember O LORD what is come upon us consider...
Lamentations 5:2 (current)Our inheritance is turned to strangers our houses to aliens
Lamentations 5:3We are orphans and fatherless our mothers are as widows...