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The joyמְשׂוֹשׂof our heartלִבֵּנוּhas ceased;שָׁבַתour dancingמְחֹלֵנוּhas been turnedנֶהְפַּךְinto mourning.לְאֵבֶל
Lamentations 5:15
Study it in the app“The joy of our heart has ceased; our dancing has been turned into mourning.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:15, word by word
- The joyמְשׂוֹשׂmesos
joy, delight
Joy, delight; also what causes it.
Where else “mesos” appears- of our heartלִבֵּlibe
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appears- has ceasedשָׁבַתshavat
cease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “shavat” appears- our dancingמְחֹלֵmechole
dance
Dance: the round dance with which joy is celebrated.
Where else “mechole” appears- has been turnedנֶהְפַּךְnehpach
change
To change something into something else.
Where else “nehpach” appears- into mourningאֵבֶלevel
mourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appears
The context
14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
15 · This verse (above)
16The crown of our head has fallen; woe now to us, for we have sinned!