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Howאֵיכָהthe goldזָהָבgrows dark,יוּעַםthe pure goldהַכֶּתֶםchanges,יִשְׁנֶאthe good gold!הַטּוֹבThe sacredקֹדֶשׁstonesאַבְנֵיare poured outתִּשְׁתַּפֵּכְנָהat the headבְּרֹאשׁof everyכָּלstreet.חוּצוֹת
Lamentations 4:1
Study it in the app“How the gold grows dark, the pure gold changes, the good gold! The sacred stones are poured out at the head of every street.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:1, word by word
- the goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- grows darkיוּעַםyuam
dim, darken, hide
"Amam": to darken, to dim; in Lamentations 4:1, gold that loses its shine. In Ezekiel 28:3 and 31:8, to be hidden, to be unable to match someone.
Where else “yuam” appears- the pure goldכֶּתֶםketem
gold, fine gold
Gold, especially pure gold as it comes from the mine. A poetic word.
Where else “ketem” appears- changesיִשְׁנֶאyishne
change
Change, make different: of clothes (2 Kings 25:29), of appearance (Lamentations 4:1) or of place (Esther 2:9). A less frequent form of the verb "change."
Where else “yishne” appears- the good goldטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- The sacredקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- stonesאַבְנֵיavne
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avne” appears- are poured outתִּשְׁתַּפֵּכְנָהtishtapechna
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “tishtapechna” appears- at the headרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- streetחוּצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The sons of Zion, the precious ones, who were valued in refined gold, how they are reckoned as jars of clay, the work of the hands of a potter!