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Those who ateהָאֹכְלִיםdelicaciesלְמַעֲדַנִּיםare desolateנָשַׁמּוּin the streets;בַּחוּצוֹתthose who were brought upהָאֱמֻנִיםonעֲלֵיcrimsonתוֹלָעembraceחִבְּקוּdung heaps.אַשְׁפַּתּוֹת
Lamentations 4:5
Study it in the app“Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those who were brought up on crimson embrace dung heaps.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:5, word by word
- Those who ateאֹכְלִיםochlim
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochlim” appears- delicaciesמַעֲדַנִּיםmaadanim
delicacy
A choice dish fit for a king, or the delight it gives.
Where else “maadanim” appears- are desolateנָשַׁמּוּnashamu
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “nashamu” appears- in the streetsחוּצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears- those who were brought upאֱמֻנִיםemunim
nurse
To care for, raise a child.
Where else “emunim” appears- crimsonתוֹלָעtola
scarlet
Bright red dye from a worm, or thread of that color.
Where else “tola” appears- embraceחִבְּקוּchibku
embrace
Embrace.
Where else “chibku” appears- dung heapsאַשְׁפַּתּוֹתashpatot
ash heap
Ash heap, dunghill: the place outside a city where rubbish and ashes are thrown.
Where else “ashpatot” appears
The context
4The tongue of the nursing infant clings to its palate from thirst; little children ask for bread; there is no one to break it for them.
5 · This verse (above)
6And greater was the iniquity of the daughter of my people than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were turned against her.