They have openedפָּצוּtheir mouthפִּיהֶםagainst you,עָלַיִךְallכָּלyour enemies;אוֹיְבַיִךְthey hissשָׁרְקוּand grindוַיַּחַרְקוּtheir teeth;שֵׁןthey say,אָמְרוּ“We have swallowed her up!בִּלָּעְנוּSurelyאַךְthis isזֶהthe dayהַיּוֹםthat we hoped for;שֶׁקִּוִּינֻהוּwe have found it,מָצָאנוּwe have seen it.”רָאִינוּ
Lamentations 2:16
Study it in the app“They have opened their mouth against you, all your enemies; they hiss and grind their teeth; they say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day that we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 2:16, word by word
- They have openedפָּצוּpatsu
open the mouth
To part the lips to speak or devour.
Where else “patsu” appears- their mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- your enemiesאוֹיְבַיִoyvayi
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyvayi” appears- they hissשָׁרְקוּsharku
hiss
To make a sharp sound of astonishment or scorn at ruin.
Where else “sharku” appears- and grindיַּחַרְקוּyacharku
gnash
To gnash the teeth, as a sign of rage.
Where else “yacharku” appears- their teethשֵׁןshen
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shen” appears- they sayאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- “We have swallowed her upבִּלָּעְנוּbilanu
swallow
Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.
Where else “bilanu” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that we hoped forקִּוִּינֻkivinu
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kivinu” appears- we have found itמָצָאנוּmatsanu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsanu” appears- we have seen itרָאִינוּrainu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rainu” appears
The context
15They clap their hands at you, all who pass by on the road; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that they called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth’?”
16 · This verse (above)
17YHWH has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his saying that he commanded from the days of old; he has torn down and has not pitied; and he has made the enemy rejoice over you; he has raised the horn of your adversaries.