Revised Version 1895

Lamentations 4:7-11

7Her nobles werepurerזַכּ֤וּza.KuH2141thansnowמִשֶּׁ֔לֶגmi.She.legH7950, they werewhiterצַח֖וּtza.ChuH6705thanmilkמֵחָלָ֑בme.cha.LavH2461, they were moreruddyאָ֤דְמוּ'A.de.muH119inbodyעֶ֙צֶם֙'e.tzemH6106than rubies, theirpolishingגִּזְרָתָֽם׃ סgiz.ra.TamH1508was as ofsapphireסַפִּ֖ירsa.PirH5601:

8Their visage isblackerחָשַׁ֤ךְcha.ShakhH2821thanH3808a coal; they arenotH3808knownH3808in thestreetsבַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351: theirskinעוֹרָם֙o.RamH5785cleaveth to theirbonesעַצְמָ֔ם'atz.MamH6106; it iswitheredH3001, it isbecomeהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961like astickכָעֵֽץ׃ סkha.'EtzH6086.

9They that beslainחַלְלֵי־cha.lei-H2491with theswordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719arebetterטוֹבִ֤יםto.VimH2896thanH2896they that beslainמֵֽחַלְלֵ֖יme.cha.LeiH2491withhungerרָעָ֑בra.'AvH7458; fortheseשֶׁ֣הֵ֤םshe.HemH1992pineH2100awayH2100,strickenH1856throughH1856, for want of thefruitsמִתְּנוּבֹ֖תmi.te.nu.VotH8570of thefieldשָׂדָֽי׃ סsa.DaiH7704.

10Thehandsיְדֵ֗יye.DeiH3027of the pitifulwomenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802have sodden theirownהָי֤וּha.YuH1961childrenיַלְדֵיהֶ֑ןyal.dei.HenH3206; they were their meat in thedestructionבְּשֶׁ֖בֶרbe.She.verH7667of thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of mypeopleעַמִּֽי׃ ס'a.MiH5971.

11TheLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathaccomplishedכִּלָּ֤הki.LahH3615hisfuryחֲמָת֔וֹcha.ma.ToH2534, he hathpouredשָׁפַ֖ךְsha.FakhH8210outH8210hisfierceחֲר֣וֹןcha.RonH2740angerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639; and he hathkindledוַיַּצֶּת־vai.ya.tzet-H3341afireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784inZionבְּצִיּ֔וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726,whichH784hathdevouredוַתֹּ֖אכַלva.To.khalH398thefoundationsיְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סye.so.do.Tei.haH3247thereof.

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