Lamentations 2:3

“He has cut off in burning anger every horn of Israel; he has turned back his right hand before the enemy, and he has burned in Jacob like a fire of flame that devours all around.”

Lamentations 2:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 2:3, word by word

He has cut offגָּדַעgada

cut down, hew

Cut down: fell a tree or a pole; also to cut off or break.

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in burningחֳרִיchori

burning anger

Burning anger.

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angerאַףaf

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

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hornקֶרֶןkeren

strength

Strength, power: "the horn of my salvation".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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he has turnedהֵשִׁיבheshiv

bring back

To return something, restore.

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backאָחוֹרachor

behind

The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.

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his right handיְמִינyemin

right hand

The hand on the side of strength and honor.

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before the enemyפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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before the enemyאוֹיֵבoyev

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

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and he has burnedיִּבְעַרyivar

burn

For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.

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in Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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like a fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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of flameלֶהָבָהlehava

flame

Fire that rises and shines as it burns.

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that devoursאָכְלָהachla

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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The context

2Adonai has swallowed up and has not pitied all the pastures of Jacob; he has torn down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought them down to the ground; he has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

3 · This verse (above)

4He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like an adversary, and he has killed all who were precious to the eye; in the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out like fire his fury.

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