See,רְאֵהYHWH,יְהוָהand look:וְהַבִּיטָהto whomלְמִיhave you dealtעוֹלַלְתָּthus?כֹּהShouldאִםwomenנָשִׁיםeatתֹּאכַלְנָהtheir fruit,פִּרְיָםthe childrenעֹלֲלֵיraised with care?טִפֻּחִיםShouldאִםthere be killedיֵהָרֵגin the sanctuaryבְּמִקְדַּשׁof Adonaiאֲדֹנָיpriestכֹּהֵןand prophet?וְנָבִיא
Lamentations 2:20
Study it in the app“See, YHWH, and look: to whom have you dealt thus? Should women eat their fruit, the children raised with care? Should there be killed in the sanctuary of Adonai priest and prophet?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 2:20, word by word
- Seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and lookהַבִּיטָhabita
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “habita” appears- have you dealtעוֹלַלְתָּolalta
abuse
To treat harshly or mockingly someone who is in our hands.
Where else “olalta” appears- womenנָשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- eatתֹּאכַלְנָהtochalna
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochalna” appears- their fruitפִּרְיָpirya
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “pirya” appears- the childrenעֹלֲלֵיolale
young child
A small child, an infant. Said of young children, often together with "the nursing child."
Where else “olale” appears- raised with careטִפֻּחִיםtipuchim
tenderly cared for
Tenderly cared for: a nursing child who is carefully raised.
Where else “tipuchim” appears- there be killedיֵהָרֵגyehareg
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yehareg” appears- in the sanctuaryמִקְדַּשׁmikdash
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdash” appears- of 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- priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- and prophetנָבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears
The context
19Arise, cry aloud in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out like water your heart before the face of Adonai; lift up to him your hands for the life of your little children who faint from hunger at the head of every street.”
20 · This verse (above)
21They lie on the ground in the streets, boy and old man; my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword; you have killed them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered, you have not pitied.