Lamentations 1:17 Go deeper
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Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. (KJV)
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פֵּֽרְשָׂ֨הpe.re.Sahit has spread out
Lemma: פָּרַשׂ (pa.ra.s) · Strong's: H6566
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpp3fs)
Meaning: to spread
Used 67 times. Also: Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 37:9, Exodus 40:19, Numbers 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6566; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 1
צִיּ֜וֹןtzi.YonZion
Lemma: צִיּוֹן (tsiy.yon) · Strong's: H6726
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zion
Used 154 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 19:31, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6726; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 2
בְּיָדֶ֗יהָbe.ya.Dei.ha<in> hands its
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 3
אֵ֤ין'einnot
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 4
מְנַחֵם֙me.na.Chema comforter
Lemma: נָחַם (na.cham) · Strong's: H5162G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to be sorry: comfort
Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 27:42, Genesis 37:35, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 50:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5162G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 5
צִוָּ֧הtzi.Vahhe has commanded
Lemma: צָוָה (tsa.vah) · Strong's: H6680
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to command
Used 491 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 6:22, Genesis 7:5, Genesis 7:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6680; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 6
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 7
לְיַעֲקֹ֖בle.ya.'a.Koof Jacob
Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jacob
Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 8
סְבִיבָ֣יוse.vi.Vav[those] around him
Lemma: סָבִיב (sa.viv) · Strong's: H5439J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: around: neighours
Used 3 times. Also: Ezekiel 28:24, Ezekiel 28:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5439J; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 9
צָרָ֑יוtza.Rav[will be] opponents his
Lemma: צַר (tsar) · Strong's: H6862C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: enemy
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Numbers 10:9, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:27, Deuteronomy 32:41, Deuteronomy 32:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6862C; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 10
הָיְתָ֧הha.ye.Tahit has become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 11
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalem
Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם (ye.ru.sha.laim) · Strong's: H3389
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Jerusalem
Used 643 times. Also: Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 12:10, Joshua 15:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3389; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 12
לְנִדָּ֖הle.ni.Dah<into> an impure thing
Lemma: נִדָּה (nid.dah) · Strong's: H5079
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: impurity
Used 29 times. Also: Leviticus 12:2, Leviticus 12:5, Leviticus 15:19, Leviticus 15:20, Leviticus 15:24, Leviticus 15:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5079; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 13
בֵּינֵיהֶֽם\׃\ \סbei.nei.Hembetween them
Lemma: בַּ֫יִן (ba.yin) · Strong's: H0996G
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAcmpc)
Meaning: between
Used 379 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0996G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:17 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Zion | → | צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion |
| stretches out | → | פָּרַשׂ H6566 to spread |
| her hands | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| but there is no | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| one to comfort | → | נָחַם H5162G to be sorry: comfort |
| her | → | |
| The LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| has decreed | → | צָוָה H6680 to command |
| against Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| that his neighbors | → | סָבִיב H5439J around: neighours |
| become his foes | → | צַר H6862C enemy |
| Jerusalem | → | יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem |
| has become | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| an unclean thing | → | נִדָּה H5079 impurity |
| among them | → | בַּ֫יִן H0996G between |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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