Lamentations
Lamentations 2:20
20Look, O LORD, and consider:
Whom have You ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,
the infants they have nurtured?
Should priests and prophets be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Look | רְאֵ֤ה | rə·’êh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| O LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| and consider | וְֽהַבִּ֔יטָה | wə·hab·bî·ṭāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H5027 look |
| Whom | לְמִ֖י | lə·mî | Preposition-l; Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| have You | עוֹלַ֣לְתָּ | ‘ō·w·lal·tā | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H5953 act severely |
| like this | כֹּ֑ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| Should | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| women | נָשִׁ֤ים | nā·šîm | Noun - feminine plural | H802 woman, wife, female |
| eat | תֹּאכַ֨לְנָה | tō·ḵal·nāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural | H398 eat |
| their offspring | פִּרְיָם֙ | pir·yām | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H6529 fruit |
| the infants | עֹלֲלֵ֣י | ‘ō·lă·lê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H5768 child |
| they have nurtured | טִפֻּחִ֔ים | ṭip·pu·ḥîm | Noun - masculine plural | H2949 nursing |
| Should priests | כֹּהֵ֥ן | kō·hên | Noun - masculine singular | H3548 priest |
| and prophets | וְנָבִֽיא׃ס | wə·nā·ḇî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet |
| be killed | יֵהָרֵ֛ג | yê·hā·rêḡ | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2026 kill, slay |
| in the sanctuary | בְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁ | bə·miq·daš | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H4720 sacred place, sanctuary |
| of the Lord | אֲדֹנָ֖י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Lamentations 4:10 · Jeremiah 19:9 · Psalm 78:64 · Exodus 32:11 · Deuteronomy 9:26 · Lamentations 4:13
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.