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The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

דַּרְכֵ֨יdar.Khei[the] roads of

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870K

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Construct (HNcbpc)

Meaning: way: road

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 33:16, Genesis 35:19, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870K; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 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 1:4 word 2

אֲבֵל֗וֹת'a.ve.Lot[are] mourning

Lemma: אָבֵל (a.vel) · Strong's: H0057

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAafpa)

Meaning: mourning

Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 37:35, Esther 6:12, Job 29:25, Psalms 35:14, Isaiah 57:18, Isaiah 61:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0057; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 word 3

מִבְּלִי֙mi.be.Libecause not

Lemma: בְּלִי (be.li) · Strong's: H1097

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: without

Used 58 times. Also: Genesis 31:20, Exodus 14:11, Deuteronomy 4:42, Deuteronomy 9:28, Deuteronomy 19:4, Deuteronomy 28:55 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1097; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 word 4

בָּאֵ֣יba.'Ei[those who] come

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 word 5

מוֹעֵ֔דmo.'Ed<of> an appointed feast

Lemma: מוֹעֵד (mo.ed) · Strong's: H4150H

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

Meaning: meeting: festival

Used 31 times. Also: Leviticus 23:2, Leviticus 23:4, Leviticus 23:37, Leviticus 23:44, Numbers 10:10, Numbers 15:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4150H; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 word 6

כָּל\־kol-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 1:4 word 7

שְׁעָרֶ֙יהָ֙she.'a.Rei.hagates her

Lemma: שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) · Strong's: H8179G

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

Meaning: gate

Used 347 times. Also: Genesis 19:1, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:18, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8179G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 word 8

שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔יןsho.me.Min[are] desolate

Lemma: שָׁמֵם (sha.mem) · Strong's: H8074G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: be desolate: destroyed

Used 56 times. Also: Leviticus 26:22, Leviticus 26:31, Leviticus 26:32, Leviticus 26:34, Leviticus 26:35, Leviticus 26:43 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8074G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 word 9

כֹּהֲנֶ֖יהָko.ha.Nei.hapriests her

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 1:4 word 10

נֶאֱנָחִ֑יםne.'e.na.Chim[are] groaning

Lemma: אָנַח (a.nach) · Strong's: H0584

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrmpa)

Meaning: to sigh

Used 13 times. Also: Exodus 2:23, Proverbs 29:2, Isaiah 24:7, Jeremiah 22:23, Lamentations 1:8, Lamentations 1:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0584; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 word 11

בְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָbe.tu.lo.Tei.havirgins her

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 1:4 word 12

נּוּג֖וֹתnu.Got[are] grieving

Lemma: יָגָה (ya.gah) · Strong's: H3013

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVNrfpa)

Meaning: to suffer

Used 8 times. Also: Job 19:2, Isaiah 51:23, Lamentations 1:5, Lamentations 1:12, Lamentations 3:32, Lamentations 3:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3013; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 word 13

וְהִ֥יאve.Hi'and she

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

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 1:4 word 14

מַר\־mar-it is bitter

Lemma: מָרַר (ma.rar) · Strong's: H4843

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to provoke

Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 49:23, Exodus 1:14, Exodus 23:21, Ruth 1:13, Ruth 1:20, 2 Kings 4:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4843; TAHOT Lamentations 1:4 word 15

How the BSB renders it

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

The roads	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870K way: road
to Zion	→	צִיּוֹן H6726 Zion
mourn	→	אָבֵל H0057 mourning
because no one	→	בְּלִי H1097 without
comes	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
to her appointed feasts	→	מוֹעֵד H4150H meeting: festival
All	→	כֹּל H3605 all
her gates	→	שַׁ֫עַר H8179G gate
are deserted	→	שָׁמֵם H8074G be desolate: destroyed
her priests	→	כֹּהֵן H3548 priest
groan	→	אָנַח H0584 to sigh
her maidens	→	בְּתוּלָה H1330 virgin
grieve	→	יָגָה H3013 to suffer
and she herself	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
is bitter with anguish	→	מַר H4751 bitter

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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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