Lamentations 4:18
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צוּד
tsûwd
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
יוֹם
yôwm
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...
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
צוּד tsûwd
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey)
Study H6679 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →יוֹם yôwm
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 associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of th...
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
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