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They have huntedצָדוּour stepsצְעָדֵינוּso that we cannot walkמִלֶּכֶתin our squares;בִּרְחֹבֹתֵינוּour endקִצֵּינוּhas drawn near,קָרַבour daysיָמֵינוּare fulfilled,מָלְאוּforכִּיour endקִצֵּינוּhas come.בָא
Lamentations 4:18
Study it in the app“They 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:18, word by word
- They have huntedצָדוּtsadu
hunt
To track down animals, or pursue someone.
Where else “tsadu” appears- our stepsצְעָדֵיtseade
step
A step: each movement of the foot in walking.
Where else “tseade” appears- so that we cannot walkלֶּכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears- in our squaresרְחֹבֹתֵיrechovote
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechovote” appears- our endקִצֵּיkitse
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kitse” appears- has drawn nearקָרַבkarav
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “karav” appears- our daysיָמֵיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- are fulfilledמָלְאוּmalu
be fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “malu” appears- has comeבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears
The context
17Still our eyes are spent looking for our help, in vain; from our watchtower we kept watch for a nation that does not save.
18 · This verse (above)
19Swifter were our pursuers than the eagles of the heavens; on the mountains they chased us; in the wilderness they lay in wait for us.