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Our fathersאֲבֹתֵינוּsinnedחָטְאוּand are no more,וְאֵינָםand weוַאֲנַחְנוּbearסָבָלְנוּtheir iniquities.עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם
Lamentations 5:7
Study it in the app“Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we bear their iniquities.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:7, word by word
- Our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- sinnedחָטְאוּchatu
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatu” appears- bearסָבָלְנוּsavalnu
bear
To carry a weight, or take on others' sorrows.
Where else “savalnu” appears- their iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתֵיavonote
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonote” appears
The context
6To Egypt we have given the hand, and to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.
7 · This verse (above)
8Servants rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their hand.