Lamentations 2:12
They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.
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ASV
They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
KJV
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לְאִמֹּתָם֙ | le.'i.mo.Tam | to mothers their | H517 → |
| יֹֽאמְר֔וּ | yo.me.Ru | they say | H559 → |
| אַיֵּ֖ה | 'ai.Yeh | where? | H346 → |
| דָּגָ֣ן | da.Gan | [are] grain | H1715 → |
| וָיָ֑יִן | va.Ya.yin | and wine | H3196 → |
| בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם | be.hit.'a.te.Fam | when faint away they | H5848 → |
| כֶּֽחָלָל֙ | ke.cha.Lal | like <the> [one] fatally wounded | H2491 → |
| בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת | bir.cho.Vot | in [the] open places of | H7339 → |
| עִ֔יר | 'Ir | a city | H5892 → |
| בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ | be.hish.ta.Pekh | when pours itself out | H8210 → |
| נַפְשָׁ֔ם | naf.Sham | life their | H5315 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| חֵ֖יק | cheik | [the] bosom of | H2436 → |
| אִמֹּתָֽם׃ ס | 'i.mo.Tam | mothers their | H517 → |
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