Lamentations 2:12
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
יַיִן
yayin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
עָטַף
ʻâṭaph
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
חָלָל
châlâl
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יָצַק
yâtsaq
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
חֵיק
chêyq
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָטַף ʻâṭaph
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
Study H5848 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →יָצַק yâtsaq
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
Study H3332 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he ...
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
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