He has cut offגָּדַעin burningבָּחֳרִיangerאַףeveryכֹּלhornקֶרֶןof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלhe has turnedהֵשִׁיבbackאָחוֹרhis right handיְמִינוֹbefore the enemy,מִפְּנֵי אוֹיֵבand he has burnedוַיִּבְעַרin Jacobבְּיַעֲקֹבlike a fireכְּאֵשׁof flameלֶהָבָהthat devoursאָכְלָהall around.סָבִיב
Lamentations 2:3
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “gada” appears- in burningחֳרִיchori
burning anger
Burning anger.
Where else “chori” appears- angerאַףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- hornקֶרֶןkeren
strength
Strength, power: "the horn of my salvation".
Where else “keren” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- he has turnedהֵשִׁיבheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- backאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- his right handיְמִינyemin
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “yemin” appears- before the enemyפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- before the enemyאוֹיֵבoyev
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appears- and he has burnedיִּבְעַרyivar
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “yivar” appears- 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.
Where else “yaakov” appears- like a fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- of flameלֶהָבָהlehava
flame
Fire that rises and shines as it burns.
Where else “lehava” appears- that devoursאָכְלָהachla
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “achla” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
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.