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I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. (KJV)

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קָרָ֤אתִיka.Ra.tiI called

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to call: call to

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 1

לַֽמְאַהֲבַי֙lam.'a.ha.Vaito <the> lovers my

Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVprmpc)

Meaning: to love: lover

Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 2

הֵ֣מָּהHe.mahthey

Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)

Meaning: they(masc.)

Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 3

רִמּ֔וּנִיri.Mu.nithey deceived me

Lemma: רָמָה (ra.mah) · Strong's: H7411B

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)

Meaning: to deceive

Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 29:25, Joshua 9:22, 1 Samuel 19:17, 1 Samuel 28:12, 2 Samuel 19:26, 1 Chronicles 12:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7411B; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 4

כֹּהֲנַ֥יko.ha.Naipriests my

Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: priest

Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 5

וּזְקֵנַ֖יu.ze.ke.Naiand elders my

Lemma: זָקֵן (za.qen) · Strong's: H2205G

Parsing: Aampc (Aampc)

Meaning: old: elder

Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 50:7, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 4:29, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 17:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2205G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 6

בָּעִ֣ירba.'Irin the city

Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: city

Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 7

גָּוָ֑עוּga.Va.'uthey perished

Lemma: גָּוַע (ga.va) · Strong's: H1478

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to die

Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:21, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:17, Genesis 35:29, Genesis 49:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1478; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 8

כִּֽי\־ki-for

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 1:19 word 9

בִקְשׁ֥וּvik.Shuthey sought

Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)

Meaning: to seek

Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 10

אֹ֙כֶל֙'o.khelfood

Lemma: אֹ֫כֶל (o.khel) · Strong's: H0400

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: food

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 14:11, Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:36, Genesis 41:48, Genesis 42:7, Genesis 42:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0400; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 11

וְיָשִׁ֖יבוּve.ya.Shi.vuso they may be restored

Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhu3mp)

Meaning: to return: rescue

Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 37:22, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:21, Genesis 41:13, Exodus 4:7, Exodus 23:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7725H; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 12

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 13

נַפְשָֽׁם\׃\ \סnaf.Shamlife their

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul: life

Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315H; TAHOT Lamentations 1:19 word 14

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I called out	→	קָרָא H7121G to call: call to
to my lovers	→	אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover
but they	→	הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.)
have betrayed me	→	רָמָה H7411B to deceive
My priests	→	כֹּהֵן H3548 priest
and elders	→	זָקֵן H2205G old: elder
perished	→	גָּוַע H1478 to die
in the city	→	עִיר H5892B city
while	→	כִּי H3588A for
they searched for	→	בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek
food	→	אֹ֫כֶל H0400 food
to keep themselves	→	שׁוּב H7725H to return: rescue
alive	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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