Study it in the app“They 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.”
They lieשָׁכְבוּon the groundלָאָרֶץin the streets,חוּצוֹתboyנַעַרand old man;וְזָקֵןmy virginsבְּתוּלֹתַיand my young menוּבַחוּרַיhave fallenנָפְלוּby the sword;בֶחָרֶבyou have killed themהָרַגְתָּin the dayבְּיוֹםof your anger;אַפֶּךָyou have slaughtered,טָבַחְתָּyou have notלֹאpitied.חָמָלְתָּ
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “shachvu” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appearsstreet
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsold
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appearsvirgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulota” appearsyoung man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “vachura” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “naflu” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haragta” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsanger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ape” appearsbutcher
To slaughter people without pity, like cattle.
Where else “tavachta” appearshave pity, spare
Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.
Where else “chamalta” appears20See, 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?
21 · This verse (above)
22You have summoned, as on a day of appointed feast, my terrors from all around; and there was not in the day of the anger of YHWH a fugitive or a survivor; those whom I raised with care and brought up, my enemy has consumed them.
