Isaiah

Isaiah 15:3

³In its streets they wear sackcloth;

on the rooftops and in the public squares

they all wail, falling down weeping.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In its streets	בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יו	bə·ḥū·ṣō·ṯāw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H2351 the outside
they wear	חָ֣גְרוּ	ḥā·ḡə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2296 gird, gird on, gird oneself
sackcloth	שָׂ֑ק	śāq	Noun - masculine singular	H8242 sack, sackcloth
on	עַ֣ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
the rooftops	גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָ	gag·gō·w·ṯe·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1406 roof, top
and in the public squares	וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָ	ū·ḇir·ḥō·ḇō·ṯe·hā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H7339 broad open place, plaza
they all	כֻּלֹּ֥ה	kul·lōh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
wail	יְיֵלִ֖יל	yə·yê·lîl	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3213 howl, make a howling
falling down	יֹרֵ֥ד	yō·rêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
weeping	בַּבֶּֽכִי׃	bab·be·ḵî	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1065 weeping

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.