Lamentations 2:12
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom. | They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. | They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to mothers their | לְאִמֹּתָם֙ | le-'i-mo-TAM | H0517 | motherאֵם (em) 1) mother 1a) of humans 1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.) 1c) of animals 2) point of departure or division |
| they say | יֹֽאמְר֔וּ | yo-me-RU | H0559 | to sayאָמַר (a.mar) 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560) |
| where? | אַיֵּ֖ה | 'ai-YEH | H0346 | where?אַיֵּה (ay.yeh) 1) where? 1a) of persons, things 1b) rhetorical |
| [are] grain | דָּגָ֣ן | da-GAN | H1715 | grainדָּגָן (da.gan) wheat, cereal, grain, corn |
| and wine | וָיָ֑יִן | va-YA-yin | H3196 | wineיַ֫יִן (ya.yin) wine |
| when faint away they | בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם | be-hit-'a-te-FAM | H5848C | to enfeebleעָטַף (a.taph) 1) to be feeble, be faint, grow weak 1a) (Qal) to be feeble, be faint 1b) (Niphal) to faint 1c) (Hiphil) to show feebleness 1d) (Hithpael) to faint, faint away |
| like the [one] fatally wounded | כֶּֽחָלָל֙ | ke-cha-LAL | H2491H | No entry |
| in [the] open places of | בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת | bir-cho-VOT | H7339 | street/plazaרְחוֹב (re.chov) broad or open place or plaza |
| a city | עִ֔יר | 'Ir | H5892B | cityעִיר (ir) 1) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town (a place of waking, guarded) 1a) city, town |
| when pours itself out | בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ | be-hish-ta-PEKH | H8210G | to pour: pourשָׁפַךְ (sha.phakh) : pour 1) to pour, pour out, spill 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pour, pour out 1a2) to shed (blood) 1a3) to pour out (anger or heart) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be poured out, be shed 1c) (Pual) to be poured out, be shed 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be poured out 1d2) to pour out oneself |
| life their | נַפְשָׁ֔ם | naf-SHAM | H5315H | soulנֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain |
| to | אֶל־ | 'el- | H0413 | to(wards)אֶל (el) 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to) |
| [the] bosom of | חֵ֖יק | cheik | H2436G | bosom: embraceחֵיק (cheq) : embrace/chest bosom, hollow, bottom, midst |
| mothers their | אִמֹּתָֽם׃ ס | 'i-mo-TAM | H0517 | motherאֵם (em) 1) mother 1a) of humans 1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.) 1c) of animals 2) point of departure or division |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.