Lamentations

Lamentations 1:19

¹⁹I called out to my lovers,

but they have betrayed me.

My priests and elders

perished in the city

while they searched for food

to keep themselves alive.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I called out	קָרָ֤אתִי	qā·rā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
to my lovers	לַֽמְאַהֲבַי֙	lam·’a·hă·ḇay	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H157 love
but they	הֵ֣מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
have betrayed me	רִמּ֔וּנִי	rim·mū·nî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H7411 cast, shoot
My priests	כֹּהֲנַ֥י	kō·hă·nay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3548 priest
and elders	וּזְקֵנַ֖י	ū·zə·qê·nay	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H2205 old
perished	גָּוָ֑עוּ	gā·wā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1478 expire perish, die
in the city	בָּעִ֣יר	bā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
while	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they searched for	בִקְשׁ֥וּ	ḇiq·šū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H1245 seek
food	אֹ֙כֶל֙	’ō·ḵel	Noun - masculine singular	H400 food
to keep themselves	וְיָשִׁ֖יבוּ	wə·yā·šî·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7725 turn back, return
alive	נַפְשָֽׁם׃ס	nap̄·šām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 1:2 · Lamentations 1:11 · Lamentations 2:20 · Job 19:13–19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.