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Our waterמֵימֵינוּwe drinkשָׁתִינוּfor silver;בְּכֶסֶףour woodעֵצֵינוּcomes to usיָבֹאוּfor a price.בִּמְחִיר
Lamentations 5:4
Study it in the app“Our water we drink for silver; our wood comes to us for a price.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:4, word by word
- Our waterמֵימֵיmeme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appears- we drinkשָׁתִינוּshatinu
drink
Drink.
Where else “shatinu” appears- for silverכֶסֶףchesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “chesef” appears- our woodעֵצֵיetse
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etse” appears- comes to usיָבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- for a priceמְחִירmechir
price, payment
Price, payment.
Where else “mechir” appears
The context
3Orphans we have become, without a father; our mothers are like widows.
4 · This verse (above)
5On our neck we are pursued; we are weary, and no rest is given to us.