Lamentations
Lamentations 2:8
8The LORD determined to destroy
the wall of the Daughter of Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line
and did not withdraw His hand from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls lament;
together they waste away.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The LORD | יְהוָ֤ה׀ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| determined | חָשַׁ֨ב | ḥā·šaḇ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H2803 think, account |
| to destroy | לְהַשְׁחִית֙ | lə·haš·ḥîṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H7843 go to ruin (?) |
| the wall | חוֹמַ֣ת | ḥō·w·maṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H2346 wall |
| of the Daughter | בַּת־ | baṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| of Zion | צִיּ֔וֹן | ṣî·yō·wn | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6726 Zion |
| He stretched out | נָ֣טָה | nā·ṭāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend |
| a measuring line | קָ֔ו | qāw | Noun - masculine singular | H6957 line |
| and did not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| withdraw | הֵשִׁ֥יב | hê·šîḇ | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| His hand | יָד֖וֹ | yā·ḏōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| from destroying | מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ | mib·bal·lê·a‘ | Preposition-m; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf |
| He made the ramparts | חֵ֥ל | ḥêl | Noun - masculine singular | H2426 rampart, fortress |
| and walls | וְחוֹמָ֖ה | wə·ḥō·w·māh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H2346 wall |
| lament | וַיַּֽאֲבֶל־ | way·ya·’ă·ḇel- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H56 mourn |
| together | יַחְדָּ֥ו | yaḥ·dāw | Adverb | H3162 unitedness |
| they waste away | אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃ס | ’um·lā·lū | Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural | H535 be weak, languish |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
2 Kings 21:13 · Isaiah 3:26 · Isaiah 34:11 · Jeremiah 14:2 · Amos 7:7–8 · Jeremiah 5:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.