Lamentations

Lamentations 2:11

¹¹My eyes fail from weeping;

I am churning within.

My heart is poured out in grief

over the destruction of the daughter of my people,

because children and infants faint

in the streets of the city.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My eyes	עֵינַי֙	‘ê·nay	Noun - cdc; first person common singular	H5869 eye
fail	כָּל֨וּ	kā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
from weeping	בַדְּמָע֤וֹת	ḇad·də·mā·‘ō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1832 tears
I am churning	חֳמַרְמְר֣וּ	ḥo·mar·mə·rū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H2560 ferment, boil or foam up
within	מֵעַ֔י	mê·‘ay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H4578 internal organs, inward parts (intestines, bowels), belly
My heart	כְּבֵדִ֔י	kə·ḇê·ḏî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3516 liver
is poured out	נִשְׁפַּ֤ךְ	niš·paḵ	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H8210 pour out, pour
in grief	לָאָ֙רֶץ֙	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
over	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the destruction	שֶׁ֖בֶר	še·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash
of the daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of my people	עַמִּ֑י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
because children	עוֹלֵל֙	‘ō·w·lêl	Noun - masculine singular	H5768 child
and infants	וְיוֹנֵ֔ק	wə·yō·w·nêq	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3243 suck
faint	בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ף	bê·‘ā·ṭêp̄	Preposition-b; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct	H5848 turn aside
in the streets	בִּרְחֹב֖וֹת	bir·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H7339 broad open place, plaza
of the city	קִרְיָֽה׃ס	qir·yāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7151 town, city

Cross-references

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

Lamentations 1:20 · Lamentations 1:16 · Jeremiah 4:19 · Job 16:13 · Lamentations 3:48–51 · Psalm 6:7 · Luke 23:29 · Isaiah 22:4 · Psalm 22:14 · Lamentations 4:3–4 · Lamentations 2:19–20 · Psalm 31:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.