Study it in the app“They sit on the ground, they are silent, the elders of the daughter of Zion; they have thrown up dust on their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth; they have bowed to the ground their heads, the virgins of Jerusalem.”
They sitיֵשְׁבוּon the ground,לָאָרֶץthey are silent,יִדְּמוּthe eldersזִקְנֵיof the daughterבַתof Zion;צִיּוֹןthey have thrown upהֶעֱלוּdustעָפָרon their heads;עַל רֹאשָׁםthey have girded themselvesחָגְרוּwith sackcloth;שַׂקִּיםthey have bowedהוֹרִידוּto the groundלָאָרֶץtheir heads,רֹאשָׁןthe virginsבְּתוּלֹתof Jerusalem.יְרוּשָׁלִָם
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appearsbe silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “yidmu” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsrise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “heelu” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosha” appearsgird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chagru” appearssackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sakim” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horidu” appearsvirgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulot” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears1Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
2Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
9Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars; her king and her princes are among the nations; there is no instruction; even her prophets do not find a vision from YHWH.
10 · This verse (above)
11My eyes are spent with tears; my insides are in turmoil; my liver is poured out on the ground because of the shattering of the daughter of my people, when child and nursing infant faint in the squares of the city.
