Lamentations 2:16

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it."

Word-by-Word Analysis

All thine

אֹיֵב

ʼôyêb

H341

hating; an adversary

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have

פָּתַח

pâthach

H6605

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

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their

פֶּה

peh

H6310

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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thee they

שָׁרַק

shâraq

H8319

properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)

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and

חָרַק

châraq

H2786

to grate the teeth

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the

שֵׁן

shên

H8127

a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff

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they

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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We have

בֶּלַע

belaʻ

H1105

a gulp; figuratively, destruction

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her up

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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this is the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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that we

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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for we have

מָצָא

mâtsâʼ

H4672

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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we have

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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it

Key Terms in This Verse

gnash H2786

חָרַק châraq

to grate the teeth

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hiss H8319

שָׁרַק shâraq

properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)

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swallowed H1105

בֶּלַע belaʻ

a gulp; figuratively, destruction

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certainly H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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teeth H8127

שֵׁן shên

a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff

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opened H6605

פָּתַח pâthach

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

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looked H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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enemies H341

אֹיֵב ʼôyêb

hating; an adversary

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seen H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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found H4672

מָצָא mâtsâʼ

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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Cross References

Psalm 35:21 cross-reference

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

Lamentations 3:46 cross-reference

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Psalm 37:12 cross-reference

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Psalm 56:2 cross-reference

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

Psalm 35:16 cross-reference

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Psalm 124:3 cross-reference

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Psalm 22:13 cross-reference

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Jeremiah 51:34 cross-reference

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cas...

Ezekiel 36:3 cross-reference

Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are ...

Jeremiah 50:7 cross-reference

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

Psalm 41:8 cross-reference

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

Acts 7:54 cross-reference

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

Ezekiel 25:3 cross-reference

And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was de...

Hosea 8:8 cross-reference

Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

Psalm 57:3 cross-reference

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Jeremiah 50:17 cross-reference

Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

Psalm 112:10 cross-reference

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Isaiah 49:19 cross-reference

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Psalm 109:2 cross-reference

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Ezekiel 25:15 cross-reference

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;

Ezekiel 25:6 cross-reference

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

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