Lamentations 4:13 Go deeper
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For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, (KJV)
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מֵֽחַטֹּ֣אתme.cha.Totfrom [the] sins of
Lemma: חַטָּאת (chat.tat) · Strong's: H2403B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: sin
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 31:36, Genesis 50:17, Exodus 10:17, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2403B; TAHOT Lamentations 4:13 word 1
נְבִיאֶ֔יהָne.vi.'Ei.haprophets its
Lemma: נָבִיא (na.vi) · Strong's: H5030
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: prophet
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 20:7, Exodus 7:1, Numbers 11:29, Numbers 12:6, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5030; TAHOT Lamentations 4:13 word 2
עֲוֹנ֖וֹתa.vo.Not[the] iniquities of
Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: iniquity: crime
Used 180 times. Also: Genesis 15:16, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Exodus 34:9, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5771G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:13 word 3
כֹּהֲנֶ֑יהָko.ha.Nei.hapriests its
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 4:13 word 4
הַשֹּׁפְכִ֥יםha.sho.fe.Khimwho shed
Lemma: שָׁפַךְ (sha.phakh) · Strong's: H8210H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to pour: kill
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22, Leviticus 17:4, Numbers 35:33, Deuteronomy 19:10, 1 Samuel 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8210H; TAHOT Lamentations 4:13 word 5
בְּקִרְבָּ֖הּbe.kir.Bahin midst its
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7130G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrails: among
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 41:21, Genesis 45:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7130G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:13 word 6
דַּ֥םdam[the] blood of
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: blood
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Lamentations 4:13 word 7
צַדִּיקִֽים\׃\ \סtza.di.Kimrighteous [people]
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
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 4:13 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [But this was] for the sins | → | חַטָּאת H2403B sin |
| of her prophets | → | נָבִיא H5030 prophet |
| and the guilt | → | עָוֺן H5771G iniquity: crime |
| of her priests | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| who shed | → | שָׁפַךְ H8210H to pour: kill |
| the blood | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
| of the righteous | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| in her midst | → | קֶ֫רֶב H7130G entrails: among |
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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