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To Egyptמִצְרַיִםwe have givenנָתַנּוּthe hand,יָדand to Assyria,אַשּׁוּרto be satisfiedלִשְׂבֹּעַwith bread.לָחֶם
Lamentations 5:6
Study it in the app“To Egypt we have given the hand, and to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:6, word by word
- To Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- we have givenנָתַנּוּnatanu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natanu” appears- the handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- and to Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- to be satisfiedשְׂבֹּעַseboa
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “seboa” appears- with breadלָחֶםlachem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
5On our neck we are pursued; we are weary, and no rest is given to us.
6 · This verse (above)
7Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their iniquities.