Lamentations 2:4
He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
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ASV
He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.
KJV
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| דָּרַ֨ךְ | da.Rakh | he has bent | H1869 → |
| קַשְׁתּ֜וֹ | kash.To | bow his | H7198 → |
| כְּאוֹיֵ֗ב | ke.'o.Yev | like an enemy | H341 → |
| נִצָּ֤ב | ni.Tzav | [he has] taken a stand | H5324 → |
| יְמִינוֹ֙ | ye.mi.No | right [hand] his | H3225 → |
| כְּצָ֔ר | ke.Tzar | like an opponent | H6862 → |
| וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֔ג | vai.ya.ha.Rog | and he has killed | H2026 → |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → |
| מַחֲמַדֵּי־ | ma.cha.ma.dei- | [the] delights of | H4261 → |
| עָ֑יִן | 'A.yin | eye | H5869 → |
| בְּאֹ֙הֶל֙ | be.'O.hel | in [the] tent of | H168 → |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → |
| צִיּ֔וֹן | tzi.Yon | Zion | H6726 → |
| שָׁפַ֥ךְ | sha.Fakh | he has poured out | H8210 → |
| כָּאֵ֖שׁ | ka.'Esh | like <the> fire | H784 → |
| חֲמָתֽוֹ׃ ס | cha.ma.To | rage his | H2534 → |
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