Lamentations 5:13

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood."

Word-by-Word Analysis

They

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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to

טָחַן

ṭâchan

H2912

to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)

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and the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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נָפַל

nâphal

H5307

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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under the

עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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Key Terms in This Verse

grind H2912

טָחַן ṭâchan

to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)

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wood H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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fell H5307

נָפַל nâphal

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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young H1121

בֵּן bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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took H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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men H582

אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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children H1121

בֵּן bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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Cross References

Judges 16:21 cross-reference

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

Matthew 23:4 cross-reference

For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

Exodus 2:11 cross-reference

And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Job 31:10 cross-reference

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

Exodus 11:5 cross-reference

And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the first...

Exodus 1:11 cross-reference

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Isaiah 47:2 cross-reference

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

Exodus 23:5 cross-reference

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

Isaiah 58:6 cross-reference

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

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