Lamentations

Lamentations 5:11–13

¹¹Women have been ravished in Zion,

virgins in the cities of Judah.

¹²Princes have been hung up by their hands;

elders receive no respect.

¹³Young men toil at millstones;

boys stagger under loads of wood.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Women	נָשִׁים֙	nā·šîm	Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
have been ravished	עִנּ֔וּ	‘in·nū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H6031 be occupied, busied with
in Zion	בְּצִיּ֣וֹן	bə·ṣî·yō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion
virgins	בְּתֻלֹ֖ת	bə·ṯu·lōṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1330 virgin
in the cities	בְּעָרֵ֥י	bə·‘ā·rê	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H5892 excitement
of Judah	יְהוּדָֽה׃	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Princes	שָׂרִים֙	śā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
have been hung up	נִתְל֔וּ	niṯ·lū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8518 hang
by their hands	בְּיָדָ֣ם	bə·yā·ḏām	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3027 hand
elders	זְקֵנִ֖ים	zə·qê·nîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2205 old
receive no	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
respect	פְּנֵ֥י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Young men	בַּחוּרִים֙	ba·ḥū·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H970 young man
toil	נָשָׂ֔אוּ	nā·śā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
at millstones	טְח֣וֹן	ṭə·ḥō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H2911 grinding-mill, hand-mill
boys	וּנְעָרִ֖ים	ū·nə·‘ā·rîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H5288 a shaking, scattering
stagger	כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃	kā·šā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3782 stumble, stagger, totter
under loads of wood	בָּעֵ֥ץ	bā·‘êṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6086 tree, trees, wood

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 5:11 Isaiah 13:16 · Zechariah 14:2 · Deuteronomy 28:30

Lamentations 5:12 Lamentations 4:16 · Isaiah 47:6

Lamentations 5:13 Judges 16:21 · Matthew 23:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.