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YHWHיְהוָהhas spentכִּלָּהhis fury;חֲמָתוֹhe has poured outשָׁפַךְhis burningחֲרוֹןanger;אַפּוֹand he has kindledוַיַּצֶּתa fireאֵשׁin Zion,בְּצִיּוֹןand it has devouredוַתֹּאכַלher foundations.יְסוֹדֹתֶיהָ
Lamentations 4:11
Study it in the app“YHWH has spent his fury; he has poured out his burning anger; and he has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured her foundations.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:11, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has spentכִּלָּהkila
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kila” appears- his furyחֲמָתchamat
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears- he has poured outשָׁפַךְshafach
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shafach” appears- his burningחֲרוֹןcharon
burning anger
Burning of anger.
Where else “charon” appears- angerאַפּap
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appears- and he has kindledיַּצֶּתyatset
set on fire
Set on fire, burn.
Where else “yatset” appears- a fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- in Zionצִיּוֹןtsiyon
Zion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appears- and it has devouredתֹּאכַלtochal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochal” appears- her foundationsיְסוֹדֹתֶיyesodote
base, foundation
Base, foundation.
Where else “yesodote” appears
Places in this verse
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
The context
10The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became food for them in the shattering of the daughter of my people.
11 · This verse (above)
12The kings of the earth did not believe, nor all the inhabitants of the world, that adversary and enemy would enter the gates of Jerusalem.