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Purerזַכּוּthan snowמִשֶּׁלֶגwere her Nazirites,נְזִירֶיהָwhiterצַחוּthan milk;מֵחָלָבruddierאָדְמוּin bodyעֶצֶםthan pearls,מִפְּנִינִיםlike sapphireסַפִּירtheir form.גִּזְרָתָם
Lamentations 4:7
Study it in the app“Purer than snow were her Nazirites, whiter than milk; ruddier in body than pearls, like sapphire their form.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:7, word by word
- Purerזַכּוּzaku
be pure, be clean
To be clean, pure, clear; in another form of the verb, to cleanse, to purify.
Where else “zaku” appears- than snowשֶּׁלֶגsheleg
snow
Snow.
Where else “sheleg” appears- were her Naziritesנְזִירֶיnezire
Nazirite
Someone set apart for God by a special vow.
Where else “nezire” appears- whiterצַחוּtsachu
be dazzling white
"Tsachach": to be dazzling white.
Where else “tsachu” appears- than milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- ruddierאָדְמוּadmu
be red
Be red, turn red; of rams' skins, dyed red.
Where else “admu” appears- in bodyעֶצֶםetsem
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “etsem” appears- than pearlsפְּנִינִיםpeninim
pearls, corals
Pearls or corals: a precious stone of uncertain identification. Only plural.
Where else “peninim” appears- like sapphireסַפִּירsapir
sapphire
A blue precious stone, called "sapphire"; perhaps lapis lazuli.
Where else “sapir” appears- their formגִּזְרָתָgizrata
form
The shape of the body.
Where else “gizrata” appears
Translation note
“Nazirites”: those consecrated to God by a vow (Numbers 6). Strong also gives the word the sense “prince” (one set apart), which may be the sense here.
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8Darker than soot has their appearance become; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has dried up, it has become like wood.