Lamentations 4:20

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen."

Word-by-Word Analysis

The

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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of our

אַף

ʼaph

H639

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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the

מָשַׁח

mâshach

H4886

to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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was

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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in their

שִׁיחָה

shîychâh

H7882

a pit-fall

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of whom we

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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Under his

צֵל

tsêl

H6738

shade, whether literal or figurative

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we shall

חָיָה

châyâh

H2421

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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the

גּוֹי

gôwy

H1471

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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Key Terms in This Verse

pits H7882

שִׁיחָה shîychâh

a pit-fall

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nostrils H639

אַף ʼaph

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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breath H7307

רוּחַ rûwach

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...

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shadow H6738

צֵל tsêl

shade, whether literal or figurative

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anointed H4886

מָשַׁח mâshach

to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint

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heathen H1471

גּוֹי gôwy

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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live H2421

חָיָה châyâh

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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taken H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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among H8432

תָּוֶךְ tâvek

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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said H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

Jeremiah 39:5 cross-reference

But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of ...

Ezekiel 12:13 cross-reference

My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

2 Samuel 19:21 cross-reference

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?

Genesis 2:7 cross-reference

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

2 Samuel 1:14 cross-reference

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?

Lamentations 2:9 cross-reference

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

Ezekiel 17:18 cross-reference

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

2 Samuel 1:21 cross-reference

Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had ...

Jeremiah 52:8 cross-reference

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

1 Samuel 24:6 cross-reference

And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.

2 Samuel 18:3 cross-reference

But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore...

1 Samuel 26:9 cross-reference

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?

Genesis 44:30 cross-reference

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

1 Samuel 24:10 cross-reference

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth min...

1 Samuel 12:3 cross-reference

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have...

1 Samuel 12:5 cross-reference

And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

1 Samuel 16:6 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.

1 Samuel 26:16 cross-reference

This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of...

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