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Lamentationschapter 5

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Lamentations 5— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Lamentations 5:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

בַּחוּרִים֙bachurimyoung menH970טְח֣וֹןtechona millH2911נָשָׂ֔אוּnasauthey have liftedH5375וּנְעָרִ֖יםunearimand young menH5288בָּעֵ֥ץbaetzwith <the> woodH6086כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃kashaluthey have staggeredH3782

Rashi on Lamentations 5:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Encumbered with millstones. When the enemies led them away in neck irons, they would place on their shoulders millstones and burdens in order to tire them. 10 Alternatively, ‘youths were forced to grind wheat,’ a task which drains their strength.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

Lamentations 5:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

עַל־ʾal-onH5921זֶ֗הzehthisH2088הָיָ֤הhayahit has becomeH1961דָוֶה֙davehfaintH1739לִבֵּ֔נוּlibenuheart ourH3820עַל־ʾal-onH5921אֵ֖לֶּהʾelehthese [things]H428חָשְׁכ֥וּchashekhuthey have grown dimH2821עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ʾeineinueyes ourH5869

Rashi on Lamentations 5:17

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
For this our hearts ached, etc. Because of that which is delineated in the verse following, “Over Mount Tzion, which was devastated [and] foxes meandered over it.” 13 Below, verse. Our hearts ache only for the destruction of Mount Tzion, and nothing else. (Palgei Mayim)

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

Turn Thou Us Unto Thee, O LORD, and We Shall Be Turned19

Lamentations 5:19· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

אַתָּ֤הʾatahyouH859יְהוָה֙yahwehO YahwehH3068לְעוֹלָ֣םleolamfor everH5769תֵּשֵׁ֔בteshevyou will sitH3427כִּסְאֲךָ֖kisakhathrone yourH3678לְדֹ֥רledor[is] to a generationH1755וָדֽוֹר׃vadorand a generationH1755

Rashi on Lamentations 5:19

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Adonoy, You. We know that You will remain forever. And because that is so..

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

Lamentations 5:20· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

לָ֤מָּהlamah<to> why?H4100לָנֶ֙צַח֙lanetzachto perpetuityH5331תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּtishkachenudo you forget usH7911תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּtaazvenudo you abandon? usH5800לְאֹ֥רֶךְleorekhfor length ofH753יָמִֽים׃yamimdaysH3117

Rashi on Lamentations 5:20

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Why [then O Eternal] do You forget us. Have You not sworn to us Yourself that just as You exist, so does Your oath exist?

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

Lamentations 5:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּhashivenucause to return usH7725יְהוָ֤ה׀yahwehO YahwehH3068אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ʾeleikhato yourselfH413וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָהvenashuvso let us returnH7725חַדֵּ֥שׁchadeshrenewH2318יָמֵ֖ינוּyameinudays ourH3117כְּקֶֽדֶם׃kekedemlike ancient timeH6924

Rashi on Lamentations 5:22

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Adonoy return us. Because he concludes with words of reproof, he had to repeat the preceding verse again, 14 In order to end on a note of consolation. and so did Yeshayahu, Trei Osor, and Koheles.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

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