Lamentations
Lamentations 1:16
16For these things I weep;
my eyes flow with tears.
For there is no one nearby to comfort me,
no one to revive my soul.
My children are destitute
because the enemy has prevailed.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| these things | אֵ֣לֶּה׀ | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| I | אֲנִ֣י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| weep | בוֹכִיָּ֗ה | ḇō·w·ḵî·yāh | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H1058 weep, bewail |
| my eyes | עֵינִ֤י׀ | ‘ê·nî | Noun - common singular construct; first person common singular | H5869 eye |
| flow | יֹ֣רְדָה | yō·rə·ḏāh | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| with tears | מַּ֔יִם | ma·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H4325 water, juice, urine |
| For | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| there is no one nearby | רָחַ֥ק | rā·ḥaq | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7368 be, or become, far, distant |
| to comfort me | מְנַחֵ֖ם | mə·na·ḥêm | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular | H5162 be sorry, console |
| no one to revive | מֵשִׁ֣יב | mê·šîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| my soul | נַפְשִׁ֑י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| My children | בָנַי֙ | ḇā·nay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H1121 son |
| are | הָי֤וּ | hā·yū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| destitute | שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔ים | šō·w·mê·mîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H8074 be desoleted, appalled |
| because | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the enemy | אוֹיֵֽב׃ס | ’ō·w·yêḇ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H341 be hostile to |
| has prevailed | גָבַ֖ר | ḡā·ḇar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1396 be strong, mighty |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 119:136 · Lamentations 1:2 · Lamentations 3:48–49 · Jeremiah 13:17 · Lamentations 2:18 · Jeremiah 14:17 · Lamentations 2:11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.