Lamentations
Lamentations 2:13
13What can I say for you?
To what can I compare you,
O Daughter of Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
that I may console you,
O Virgin Daughter of Zion?
For your wound is as deep as the sea.
Who can ever heal you?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | מָֽה־ | māh- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| can I say for you | אֲעִידֵ֞ךְ | ’ă·‘î·ḏêḵ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person feminine singular | H5749 return, go about, repeat, do again |
| To | לָּ֗ךְ | lāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | |
| what | מָ֣ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| can I compare you | אֲדַמֶּה־ | ’ă·ḏam·meh- | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | H1819 be like, resemble |
| O Daughter | הַבַּת֙ | hab·baṯ | Article; Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| of Jerusalem | יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | yə·rū·šā·lim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
| To | לָּךְ֙ | lāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | |
| what | מָ֤ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| can I liken you | אַשְׁוֶה־ | ’aš·weh- | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7737 be even, smooth |
| that I may console you | וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְ | wa·’ă·na·ḥă·mêḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person feminine singular | H5162 be sorry, console |
| O Virgin | בְּתוּלַ֖ת | bə·ṯū·laṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1330 virgin |
| Daughter | בַּת־ | baṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| of Zion | צִיּ֑וֹן | ṣî·yō·wn | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6726 Zion |
| For | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| your wound | שִׁבְרֵ֖ךְ | šiḇ·rêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash |
| is as deep | גָד֥וֹל | ḡā·ḏō·wl | Adjective - masculine singular | H1419 great |
| as the sea | כַּיָּ֛ם | kay·yām | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3220 sea |
| Who | מִ֥י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| can ever heal | יִרְפָּא־ | yir·pā- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7495 heal |
| you | לָֽךְ׃ס | lāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Lamentations 1:12 · Jeremiah 8:22 · 2 Samuel 5:20 · Jeremiah 14:17 · Jeremiah 30:12–15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.