Lamentations 2:16

“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.””

Lamentations 2:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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