46
They have openedפָּצוּagainst usעָלֵינוּtheir mouth,פִּיהֶםallכָּלour enemies.אֹיְבֵינוּ
Lamentations 3:46
Study it in the app“They have opened against us their mouth, all our enemies.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:46, word by word
- They have openedפָּצוּpatsu
open the mouth
To part the lips to speak or devour.
Where else “patsu” appears- their mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- our enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears
The context
45Scum and refuse you make us in the midst of the peoples.
46 · This verse (above)
47Terror and pit have come upon us, devastation and shattering.