Adonaiאֲדֹנָיhas rejectedסִלָּהallכָלmy mighty onesאַבִּירַיin my midst;בְּקִרְבִּיhe has calledקָרָאagainst meעָלַיan appointed feastמוֹעֵדto crushלִשְׁבֹּרmy young men;בַּחוּרָיAdonaiאֲדֹנָיhas troddenדָּרַךְas a winepressגַּתthe virginלִבְתוּלַתdaughterבַּתof Judah.יְהוּדָה
Lamentations 1:15
Study it in the app“Adonai has rejected all my mighty ones in my midst; he has called against me an appointed feast to crush my young men; Adonai has trodden as a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 1:15, word by word
- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- has rejectedסִלָּהsila
reject
Count as nothing, cast off.
Where else “sila” appears- my mighty onesאַבִּירַabira
mighty
Someone or something of great strength that prevails over others: the mighty one, the chief.
Where else “abira” appears- in my midstקִרְבִּkirbi
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbi” appears- he has calledקָרָאkara
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kara” appears- an appointed feastמוֹעֵדmoed
festival
Literally "meeting time": days YHWH set for his people to meet him.
Where else “moed” appears- to crushשְׁבֹּרshebor
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shebor” appears- my young menבַּחוּרָbachura
young man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachura” appears- has troddenדָּרַךְdarach
tread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “darach” appears- as a winepressגַּתgat
winepress
Winepress: the place, cut in the rock, where grapes are trodden to get the wine.
Where else “gat” appears- the virginבְתוּלַתvetulat
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “vetulat” appears- daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears
Translation note
It is the same word as “appointed feast” in 1:4 (moed); it can be understood that the feast to which he now summons is that of her destruction.
The context
14Bound is the yoke of my transgressions; by his hand they are woven together; they have come up on my neck; he has made my strength stumble; Adonai has given me into the hands of those against whom I am not able to rise.
15 · This verse (above)
16For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, for far from me is one who comforts, one who brings back my soul; my sons are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.”