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The eldersזְקֵנִיםhave ceased fromשָׁבָתוּthe gate,מִשַּׁעַרthe young menבַּחוּרִיםfrom their music.מִנְּגִינָתָם
Lamentations 5:14
Study it in the app“The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:14, word by word
- The eldersזְקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- have ceased fromשָׁבָתוּshavatu
cease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “shavatu” appears- the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- the young menבַּחוּרִיםbachurim
young man
A young man in the fullness of his strength.
Where else “bachurim” appears- from their musicנְּגִינָתָneginata
stringed instrument
What is played on strings to accompany a psalm.
Where else “neginata” appears
The context
13Young men have carried the mill, and boys have stumbled under the wood.
14 · This verse (above)
15The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing has been turned into mourning.