Lamentations 2:5

“Adonai has become like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel; he has swallowed up all her palaces; he has destroyed its strongholds, and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning.”

Lamentations 2:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 2:5, word by word

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
has becomeהָיָהhaya

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “haya” appears
like an enemyאוֹיֵבoyev

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

Where else “oyev” appears
he has swallowed upבִּלַּעbila

swallow

Swallow, swallow up; hence, destroy.

Where else “bila” appears
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
her palacesאַרְמְנוֹתֶיarmnote

citadel, fortress

Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.

Where else “armnote” appears
he has destroyedשִׁחֵתshichet

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

Where else “shichet” appears
its strongholdsמִבְצָרָיmivtsaray

fortress, fortified city

Fortress, fortified city.

Where else “mivtsaray” appears
and he has multipliedיֶּרֶבyerev

increase

To make an amount larger, adding and adding.

Where else “yerev” appears
in the daughterבַתvat

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “vat” appears
of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

Where else “yehuda” appears
mourningתַּאֲנִיָּהtaaniya

mourning, lament

Mourning, the weeping of grief.

Where else “taaniya” appears
and moaningאֲנִיָּהaniya

moaning, lament

Moaning, a groan of pain.

Where else “aniya” appears

The context

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.

5 · This verse (above)

6And he has done violence, as to a garden, to his booth; he has destroyed his meeting place; YHWH has made them forget in Zion appointed feast and Sabbath, and he has spurned, in the indignation of his anger, king and priest.

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