Lamentations

Lamentations 4:15

¹⁵“Go away! Unclean!”

men shouted at them.

“Away, away! Do not touch us!”

So they fled and wandered.

Among the nations it was said,

“They can stay here no longer.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Go away	ס֣וּרוּ	sū·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5493 turn aside
Unclean	טָמֵ֞א	ṭā·mê	Adjective - masculine singular	H2931 unclean
men shouted	קָ֣רְאוּ	qā·rə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7121 call, proclaim, read
at them	לָ֗מוֹ	lā·mōw	Preposition; third person masculine plural
Away	ס֤וּרוּ	sū·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5493 turn aside
away	ס֙וּרוּ֙	sū·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5493 turn aside
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
touch us	תִּגָּ֔עוּ	tig·gā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H5060 touch, reach, strike
So	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they fled	נָצ֖וּ	nā·ṣū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5132 flash, fly
and	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
wandered	נָ֑עוּ	nā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5128 quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter
Among the nations	בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם	bag·gō·w·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
it was said	אָֽמְרוּ֙	’ā·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H559 utter, say
They can stay	לָגֽוּר׃ס	lā·ḡūr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1481 sojourn
here no	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
longer	יוֹסִ֖יפוּ	yō·w·sî·p̄ū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3254 add

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.