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Darkerחָשַׁךְthan sootמִשְּׁחוֹרhas their appearance become;תָּאֳרָםthey are notלֹאrecognizedנִכְּרוּin the streets;בַּחוּצוֹתtheir skinעוֹרָםhas shriveledצָפַדon their bones;עַל עַצְמָםit has dried up,יָבֵשׁit has becomeהָיָהlike wood.כָעֵץ
Lamentations 4:8
Study it in the app“Darker 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:8, word by word
- Darkerחָשַׁךְchashach
grow dark
Grow dark; darken.
Where else “chashach” appears- than sootשְּׁחוֹרshechor
soot, blackness
"Shechor": soot, the deepest black.
Where else “shechor” appears- has their appearance becomeתָּאֳרָtaora
form
Form, figure, the shape of the body; appearance.
Where else “taora” appears- recognizedנִכְּרוּnikru
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “nikru” appears- in the streetsחוּצוֹתchutsot
street
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears- their skinעוֹרָora
skin, leather
Skin, hide; leather.
Where else “ora” appears- has shriveledצָפַדtsafad
cling, stick
"Tsafad": to stick, to cling to something, as skin shrunk onto the bones.
Where else “tsafad” appears- on their bonesעַצְמָatsma
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsma” appears- it has dried upיָבֵשׁyavesh
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yavesh” appears- it has becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- like woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears
The context
7Purer than snow were her Nazirites, whiter than milk; ruddier in body than pearls, like sapphire their form.
8 · This verse (above)
9Better off were those slain by the sword than those slain by hunger, for they waste away, pierced through for want of the produce of the field.