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And greater wasוַיִּגְדַּלthe iniquityעֲוֺןof the daughterבַּתof my peopleעַמִּיthan the sinמֵחַטַּאתof Sodom,סְדֹםwhich was overthrownהַהֲפוּכָהas inכְמוֹa moment,רָגַעand noוְלֹאhandsיָדָיִםwere turnedחָלוּagainst her.בָהּ
Lamentations 4:6
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:6, word by word
- And greater wasיִּגְדַּלyigdal
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “yigdal” appears- the iniquityעֲוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- of the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears- than the sinחַטַּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- of Sodomסְדֹםsedom
Sodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appears- which was overthrownהֲפוּכָהhafucha
overthrow
To bring down cities like Sodom.
Where else “hafucha” appears- a momentרָגַעraga
moment
Instant, a very brief moment.
Where else “raga” appears- handsיָדָיִםyadayim
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadayim” appears- were turnedחָלוּchalu
whirl
To whirl, swirling around over something.
Where else “chalu” appears
Translation note
“Iniquity” and “sin”: in Hebrew the two words also name the punishment they bring; so one can read “the punishment… was greater than that of Sodom.”
Places in this verse
Sodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
The context
5Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those who were brought up on crimson embrace dung heaps.
6 · This verse (above)
7Purer than snow were her Nazirites, whiter than milk; ruddier in body than pearls, like sapphire their form.