Lamentations
Lamentations 4:5
5Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets;
those brought up in crimson
huddle in ash heaps.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Those who once ate | הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ | hā·’ō·ḵə·lîm | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H398 eat |
| delicacies | לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔ים | lə·ma·‘ă·ḏan·nîm | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H4574 dainty |
| are destitute | נָשַׁ֖מּוּ | nā·šam·mū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H8074 be desoleted, appalled |
| in the streets | בַּחוּצ֑וֹת | ba·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2351 the outside |
| those brought up | הָאֱמֻנִים֙ | hā·’ĕ·mu·nîm | Article; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural | H539 confirm, support |
| in | עֲלֵ֣י | ‘ă·lê | Preposition | H5921 height |
| crimson | תוֹלָ֔ע | ṯō·w·lā‘ | Noun - masculine singular | H8438 worm, scarlet stuff |
| huddle | חִבְּק֖וּ | ḥib·bə·qū | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | H2263 clasp, embrace |
| in ash heaps | אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת׃ס | ’aš·pat·tō·wṯ | Noun - masculine plural | H830 ash-heap(?), refuse-heap, dung-hill |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Luke 16:19 · Amos 6:3–7 · Proverbs 31:21 · Luke 15:16 · 1 Timothy 5:6 · 2 Samuel 1:24 · Isaiah 24:6–12 · Luke 7:25 · Deuteronomy 28:54–56 · Revelation 18:7–9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.