Lamentations
Lamentations 2:9
9Her gates have sunk into the ground;
He has destroyed and shattered their bars.
Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations,
the law is no more,
and even her prophets
find no vision from the LORD.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Her gates | שְׁעָרֶ֔יהָ | šə·‘ā·re·hā | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H8179 gate |
| have sunk | טָבְע֤וּ | ṭā·ḇə·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H2883 sink, sink down |
| into the ground | בָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | ḇā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| He has destroyed | אִבַּ֥ד | ’ib·baḏ | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6 perish |
| and shattered | וְשִׁבַּ֖ר | wə·šib·bar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H7665 break, break in pieces |
| their bars | בְּרִיחֶ֑יהָ | bə·rî·ḥe·hā | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H1280 bar |
| Her king | מַלְכָּ֨הּ | mal·kāh | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H4428 king |
| and her princes | וְשָׂרֶ֤יהָ | wə·śā·re·hā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince |
| are | בַגּוֹיִם֙ | ḇag·gō·w·yim | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| the law | תּוֹרָ֔ה | tō·w·rāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
| is no more | אֵ֣ין | ’ên | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| and even | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| her prophets | נְבִיאֶ֕יהָ | nə·ḇî·’e·hā | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet |
| find | מָצְא֥וּ | mā·ṣə·’ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H4672 attain to, find |
| no | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| vision | חָז֖וֹן | ḥā·zō·wn | Noun - masculine singular | H2377 vision |
| from the LORD | מֵיְהוָֽה׃ס | Yah·weh | Preposition-m; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 7:26 · Hosea 3:4 · 2 Chronicles 15:3 · Nehemiah 1:3 · Psalm 74:9 · Micah 3:6–7 · Jeremiah 51:30 · Deuteronomy 28:36 · Amos 8:11–12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.