Lamentations 4:14
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תָּעָה
tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
עִוֵּר
ʻivvêr
blind (literally or figuratively)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
נָגַע
nâgaʻ
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive,...
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּעָה tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Study H8582 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →נָגַע nâgaʻ
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, d...
Study H5060 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →דָּם dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Study H1818 →Cross References
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
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