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They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom. (KJV)

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לְאִמֹּתָם֙le.'i.mo.Tamto mothers their

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 1

יֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.Ruthey say

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 2

אַיֵּ֖ה'ai.Yehwhere?

Lemma: אַיֵּה (ay.yeh) · Strong's: H0346

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: where?

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 18:9, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 38:21, Judges 6:13, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0346; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 3

דָּגָ֣ןda.Gan[are] grain

Lemma: דָּגָן (da.gan) · Strong's: H1715

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

Meaning: grain

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:37, Numbers 18:12, Numbers 18:27, Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 11:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1715; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 4

וָיָ֑יִןva.Ya.yinand wine

Lemma: יַ֫יִן (ya.yin) · Strong's: H3196

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

Meaning: wine

Used 141 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:24, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3196; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 5

בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤םbe.hit.'a.te.Famwhen faint away they

Lemma: עָטַף (a.taph) · Strong's: H5848C

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Infinitive · Construct (HVtcc)

Meaning: to enfeeble

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 30:42, Psalms 61:2, Psalms 77:3, Psalms 102:0, Psalms 107:5, Psalms 142:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5848C; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 6

כֶּֽחָלָל֙ke.cha.Lallike <the> [one] fatally wounded

Lemma: חָלָל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2491H

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: slain: wounded

Used 7 times. Also: Job 24:12, Psalms 69:26, Proverbs 7:26, Jeremiah 51:52, Ezekiel 26:15, Ezekiel 30:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2491H; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 7

בִּרְחֹב֣וֹתbir.cho.Votin [the] open places of

Lemma: רְחוֹב (re.chov) · Strong's: H7339

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: street/plaza

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Deuteronomy 13:16, Judges 19:15, Judges 19:17, Judges 19:20, 2 Samuel 21:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7339; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 8

עִ֔יר'Ira 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 2:12 word 9

בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְbe.hish.ta.Pekhwhen pours itself out

Lemma: שָׁפַךְ (sha.phakh) · Strong's: H8210G

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Infinitive · Construct (HVtcc)

Meaning: to pour: pour

Used 69 times. Also: Exodus 4:9, Exodus 29:12, Leviticus 4:7, Leviticus 4:18, Leviticus 4:25, Leviticus 4:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8210G; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 10

נַפְשָׁ֔םnaf.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 2:12 word 11

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 12

חֵ֖יקcheik[the] bosom of

Lemma: חֵיק (cheq) · Strong's: H2436G

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

Meaning: bosom: embrace

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Numbers 11:12, Deuteronomy 13:6, Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56, Ruth 4:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2436G; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 13

אִמֹּתָֽם\׃\ \ס'i.mo.Tammothers their

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Lamentations 2:12 word 14

How the BSB renders it

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

They cry out	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to their mothers	→	אֵם H0517 mother
Where	→	אַיֵּה H0346 where?
is the grain	→	דָּגָן H1715 grain
and wine	→	יַ֫יִן H3196 wine
as they faint	→	עָטַף H5848C to enfeeble
like the wounded	→	חָלָל H2491H slain: wounded
in the streets	→	רְחוֹב H7339 street/plaza
of the city	→	עִיר H5892B city
as their lives	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life
fade away	→	שָׁפַךְ H8210G to pour: pour
in	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
the arms	→	חֵיק H2436G bosom: embrace
of their mothers	→	אֵם H0517 mother

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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