Lamentations
Lamentations 1:1
once so full of people!
She who was great among the nations
has become a widow.
The princess of the provinces
has become a slave.
Footnotes
- a 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | אֵיכָ֣ה׀ | ’ê·ḵāh | Interjection | H349 How? |
| lonely | בָדָ֗ד | ḇā·ḏāḏ | Noun - masculine singular | H910 isolation, separation |
| lies | יָשְׁבָ֣ה | yā·šə·ḇāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| the city | הָעִיר֙ | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| once so full | רַבָּ֣תִי | rab·bā·ṯî | Adjective - feminine singular construct | H7227 much, many, great |
| of people | עָ֔ם | ‘ām | Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| She who was great | רַּבָּ֣תִי | rab·bå̄·ṯī | Adjective - feminine singular construct | H7227 much, many, great |
| among the nations | בַגּוֹיִ֗ם | ḇag·gō·w·yim | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| has become | הָיְתָ֖ה | hā·yə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a widow | כְּאַלְמָנָ֑ה | kə·’al·mā·nāh | Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular | H490 widow |
| The princess | שָׂרָ֙תִי֙ | śā·rā·ṯî | Noun - feminine singular construct | H8282 princess, noble lady |
| of the provinces | בַּמְּדִינ֔וֹת | bam·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural | H4082 province |
| has become | הָיְתָ֖ה | hā·yə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a slave | לָמַֽס׃ס | lā·mas | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H4522 body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band or gang |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 3:26 · 1 Kings 4:21 · Revelation 18:16–17 · Ezra 4:20 · Isaiah 54:4 · Isaiah 22:2 · 2 Kings 23:35 · Zephaniah 2:15 · Lamentations 5:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.