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The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. (KJV)
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צַדִּ֥יקtza.Dik[is] righteous
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: righteous
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6662; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 1
ה֛וּאhu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 2
יְהוָ֖הYah.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 1:18 word 3
כִּ֣יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 4
פִ֣יהוּFi.humouth his
Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lip: word
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 41:40, Genesis 45:21, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 17:1, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 24:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6310I; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 5
מָרִ֑יתִיma.Ri.tiI have been rebellious
Lemma: מָרָה (ma.rah) · Strong's: H4784
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to rebel
Used 45 times. Also: Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:24, Numbers 27:14, Deuteronomy 1:26, Deuteronomy 1:43, Deuteronomy 9:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4784; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 6
שִׁמְעוּ\־shim.'u-listen
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 7
נָ֣אna'please
Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: please
Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 8
כָל\־khol-O all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 9
וּרְאוּ֙u.re.'Uand see
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 10
מַכְאֹבִ֔יmakh.'o.Vipain my
Lemma: מַכְאוֹב (makh.ov) · Strong's: H4341
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: pain
Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 3:7, 2 Chronicles 6:29, Job 33:19, Psalms 32:10, Psalms 38:17, Psalms 69:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4341; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 11
בְּתוּלֹתַ֥יbe.tu.lo.Taiyoung women my
Lemma: בְּתוּלָה (be.tu.lah) · Strong's: H1330
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: virgin
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 24:16, Exodus 22:16, Exodus 22:17, Leviticus 21:3, Leviticus 21:14, Deuteronomy 22:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1330; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 12
וּבַחוּרַ֖יu.va.chu.Raiand young men my
Lemma: בָּחוּר (ba.chur) · Strong's: H0970
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: youth
Used 44 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:25, Judges 14:10, Ruth 3:10, 1 Samuel 8:16, 1 Samuel 9:2, 2 Kings 8:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0970; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 13
הָלְכ֥וּha.le.Khuthey have gone
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 14
בַשֶּֽׁבִי\׃\ \סva.She.viin <the> captivity
Lemma: שְׁבִי (she.vi) · Strong's: H7628A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: captivity
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 12:29, Numbers 21:1, Numbers 31:12, Numbers 31:19, Numbers 31:26, Deuteronomy 21:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7628A; TAHOT Lamentations 1:18 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| is righteous | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| yet | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I rebelled | → | מָרָה H4784 to rebel |
| against His command | → | פֶּה H6310I lip: word |
| Listen | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| . . . | → | נָא H4994 please |
| all you people | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | H5971 |
| look upon | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| my suffering | → | מַכְאוֹב H4341 pain |
| My young men | → | בָּחוּר H0970 youth |
| and maidens | → | בְּתוּלָה H1330 virgin |
| have gone | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| into captivity | → | שְׁבִי H7628A captivity |
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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