Lamentations
Lamentations 4:21
21So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom,
you who dwell in the land of Uz.
Yet the cup will pass to you as well;
you will get drunk and expose yourself.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So rejoice | שִׂ֤ישִׂי | śî·śî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H7797 exult, rejoice |
| and be glad | וְשִׂמְחִי֙ | wə·śim·ḥî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H8055 rejoice, be glad |
| O Daughter | בַּת־ | baṯ- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H1323 daughter |
| of Edom | אֱד֔וֹם | ’ĕ·ḏō·wm | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H123 name of a condiment |
| who dwell | יוֹשַׁבְתִּי | yō·šaḇ·tī | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| in the land | בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | bə·’e·reṣ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Uz | ע֑וּץ | ‘ūṣ | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H5780 Uts |
| Yet the cup | כּ֔וֹס | kō·ws | Noun - feminine singular | H3563 cup |
| will pass | תַּעֲבָר־ | ta·‘ă·ḇār- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| to | עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ | ‘ā·la·yiḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | H5921 height |
| you as well | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| you will get drunk | תִּשְׁכְּרִ֖י | tiš·kə·rî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | H7937 be, or beocme, drunk, drunken |
| and expose yourself | וְתִתְעָרִֽי׃ס | wə·ṯiṯ·‘ā·rî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - second person feminine singular | H6168 be naked, bare |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Amos 1:11 · Job 1:1 · Revelation 16:15 · Psalm 137:7
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.