What Does Lamentations 1:11 Mean?

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“All her people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“sigh”

to sigh

“they seek”

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

“bread”

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

“they have given”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

desired; hence, a valuable

“for meat”

food

“to relieve”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“the soul”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

“see”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“and consider”

to scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“for I am become vile”

figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal