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Princesשָׂרִיםwere hung upנִתְלוּby their hand;בְּיָדָםthe faceפְּנֵיof eldersזְקֵנִיםwas notלֹאhonored.נֶהְדָּרוּ
Lamentations 5:12
Study it in the app“Princes were hung up by their hand; the face of elders was not honored.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:12, word by word
- Princesשָׂרִיםsarim
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sarim” appears- were hung upנִתְלוּnitlu
hang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “nitlu” appears- by their handיָדָyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- of eldersזְקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- honoredנֶהְדָּרוּnehdaru
honor
To show respect to someone.
Where else “nehdaru” appears
The context
11Women in Zion they have humiliated, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 · This verse (above)
13Young men have carried the mill, and boys have stumbled under the wood.