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They wanderedנָעוּblindעִוְרִיםthrough the streets,בַּחוּצוֹתdefiledנְגֹאֲלוּwith blood,בַּדָּםso that no one couldבְּלֹא יוּכְלוּtouchיִגְּעוּtheir garments.בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶם
Lamentations 4:14
Study it in the app“They wandered blind through the streets, defiled with blood, so that no one could touch their garments.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:14, word by word
- They wanderedנָעוּnau
wander
To go from place to place with no fixed home, like an outcast.
Where else “nau” appears- blindעִוְרִיםivrim
spiritually blind
Someone who does not understand the truth.
Where else “ivrim” appears- through the streetsחוּצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears- defiledנְגֹאֲלוּnegoalu
defile
To soil something or someone, leaving it unclean before God.
Where else “negoalu” appears- with bloodדָּםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- so that no one couldיוּכְלוּyuchlu
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchlu” appears- touchיִגְּעוּyigu
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “yigu” appears- their garmentsלְבֻשֵׁיlevushe
garment
Garment, clothing.
Where else “levushe” appears
The context
13It was for the sins of her prophets, the iniquities of her priests, who shed in her midst the blood of the righteous.
14 · This verse (above)
15“Turn away, unclean!” they called to them; “turn away, turn away, do not touch!” When they fled, they also wandered; they said among the nations, “They will not continue to reside as aliens here.”