I calledקָרָאתִיto my lovers;לַמְאַהֲבַיtheyהֵמָּהdeceived me;רִמּוּנִיmy priestsכֹּהֲנַיand my eldersוּזְקֵנַיin the cityבָּעִירbreathed their lastגָּוָעוּwhileכִּיthey soughtבִקְשׁוּfoodאֹכֶלfor themselvesלָמוֹto bring backוְיָשִׁיבוּtheir life.נַפְשָׁם
Lamentations 1:19
Study it in the app“I called to my lovers; they deceived me; my priests and my elders in the city breathed their last while they sought food for themselves to bring back their life.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 1:19, word by word
- I calledקָרָאתִיkarati
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “karati” appears- to my loversמְאַהֲבַmeahava
lover
One who loves another: the faithful friend or the lover.
Where else “meahava” appears- deceived meרִמּוּrimu
deceive
To deceive or betray someone.
Where else “rimu” appears- my priestsכֹּהֲנַkohana
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohana” appears- and my eldersזְקֵנַzekena
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekena” appears- in the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- breathed their lastגָּוָעוּgavau
breathe one's last
Breathe one's last, expire, die.
Where else “gavau” appears- they soughtבִקְשׁוּvikshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vikshu” appears- foodאֹכֶלochel
food
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appears- to bring backיָשִׁיבוּyashivu
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashivu” appears- their lifeנַפְשָׁnafsha
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsha” appears
The context
18“Righteous is he, YHWH, for against his mouth I have rebelled; hear, please, all the peoples, and see my pain; my virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
19 · This verse (above)
20See, YHWH, that I am in distress; my insides are in turmoil; my heart is overturned within me, for I have rebelled and rebelled; outside the sword bereaves; in the house it is like death.