Lamentations

Lamentations 4:1

¹How^a the gold has become tarnished,

the pure gold has become dull!

The gems of the temple lie scattered

on every street corner.

Footnotes

a 4:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

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
How	אֵיכָה֙	’ê·ḵāh	Interjection	H349 How?
the gold	זָהָ֔ב	zā·hāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2091 gold
has become tarnished	יוּעַ֣ם	yū·‘am	Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6004 darken, dim
the pure	הַטּ֑וֹב	haṭ·ṭō·wḇ	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
gold	הַכֶּ֣תֶם	hak·ke·ṯem	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3800 gold
has become dull	יִשְׁנֶ֖א	yiš·ne	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8132 alter
The gems	אַבְנֵי־	’aḇ·nê-	Noun - feminine plural construct	H68 stone
of the temple	קֹ֔דֶשׁ	qō·ḏeš	Noun - masculine singular	H6944 sacred, sanctity
lie scattered	תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֙כְנָה֙	tiš·tap·pê·ḵə·nāh	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H8210 pour out, pour
on every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
street	חוּצֽוֹת׃ס	ḥū·ṣō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural	H2351 the outside
corner	בְּרֹ֖אשׁ	bə·rōš	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.