Lamentations
Lamentations 2:16
16All your enemies
open their mouths against you.
They hiss and gnash their teeth,
saying, “We have swallowed her up.
This is the day for which we have waited.
We have lived to see it!”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| your enemies | א֣וֹיְבַ֔יִךְ | ’ō·wy·ḇa·yiḵ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person feminine singular | H341 be hostile to |
| open | פָּצ֨וּ | pā·ṣū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H6475 part, open |
| their mouths | פִּיהֶם֙ | pî·hem | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H6310 mouth |
| against you | עָלַ֤יִךְ | ‘ā·la·yiḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | H5921 height |
| They hiss | שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ | šā·rə·qū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H8319 hiss |
| and gnash | וַיַּֽחַרְקוּ־ | way·ya·ḥar·qū- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H2786 gnash or grind the teeth |
| their teeth | שֵׁ֔ן | šên | Noun - common singular | H8127 tooth, ivory |
| saying | אָמְר֖וּ | ’ā·mə·rū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H559 utter, say |
| We have swallowed her up | בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ | bil·lā·‘ə·nū | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural | H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf |
| This | זֶ֥ה | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| is the day | הַיּ֛וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| for which we have waited | שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּ | šeq·qiw·wî·nu·hū | Pronoun - relative; Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural; third person masculine singular | H6960 wait for |
| We have lived | מָצָ֥אנוּ | mā·ṣā·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H4672 attain to, find |
| to see it | רָאִֽינוּ׃ס | rā·’î·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H7200 see |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 35:21 · Psalm 37:12 · Lamentations 3:46 · Psalm 56:2 · Job 16:9–10 · Psalm 22:13 · Psalm 35:16 · Psalm 124:3 · Jeremiah 51:34
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.