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Stillעוֹדֵינוּour eyesעֵינֵינוּare spentתִּכְלֶינָהlooking for our help,אֶל עֶזְרָתֵנוּin vain;הָבֶלfrom our watchtowerבְּצִפִּיָּתֵנוּwe kept watchצִפִּינוּfor a nationאֶל גּוֹיthat does notלֹאsave.יוֹשִׁעַ
Lamentations 4:17
Study it in the app“Still our eyes are spent looking for our help, in vain; from our watchtower we kept watch for a nation that does not save.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:17, word by word
- our eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- are spentתִּכְלֶינָהtichlena
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “tichlena” appears- looking for our helpעֶזְרָתֵezrate
help
Help, aid.
Where else “ezrate” appears- in vainהָבֶלhavel
vain
With no result or gain, like someone toiling for nothing.
Where else “havel” appears- from our watchtowerצִפִּיָּתֵtsipiyate
watchtower
"Tsifiya": a watchtower, a post from which one keeps watch.
Where else “tsipiyate” appears- we kept watchצִפִּינוּtsipinu
watch
To watch closely what is coming or what is happening.
Where else “tsipinu” appears- for a nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- saveיוֹשִׁעַyoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “yoshia” appears
The context
16The face of YHWH has scattered them; he will not again look on them; to the priests they showed no respect, the elders they did not favor.
17 · This verse (above)
18They have hunted our steps so that we cannot walk in our squares; our end has drawn near, our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.