Lamentations 4:15 Go deeper
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They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there . (KJV)
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ס֣וּרוּSu.rudepart
Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to turn aside: remove
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5493G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 1
טָמֵ֞אta.Me'unclean
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2931
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: unclean
Used 88 times. Also: Leviticus 5:2, Leviticus 7:19, Leviticus 7:21, Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 11:4, Leviticus 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2931; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 2
קָ֣רְאוּKa.re.'upeople called out
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to call: call out
Used 106 times. Also: Genesis 19:5, Genesis 39:14, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:43, Genesis 45:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121I; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 3
ס֤וּרוּSu.rudepart
Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to turn aside: remove
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5493G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 4
ס֙וּרוּ֙su.rudepart
Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to turn aside: remove
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5493G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 5
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 6
תִּגָּ֔עוּti.Ga.'uyou touch
Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqj2mp)
Meaning: to touch
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 7
כִּ֥יkifor
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 4:15 word 8
נָצ֖וּna.Tzuthey fled
Lemma: נָצָה (na.tsah) · Strong's: H5132A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to flee
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5132A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 9
גַּם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 10
נָ֑עוּNa.'uthey wandered
Lemma: נוּעַ (nu.a) · Strong's: H5128
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to shake
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14, Exodus 20:18, Numbers 32:13, Judges 9:9, Judges 9:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5128; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 11
אָֽמְרוּ֙'a.me.Rupeople said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
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 4:15 word 12
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.Yimamong the nations
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 13
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 14
יוֹסִ֖יפוּyo.Si.futhey will increase
Lemma: יָסַף (ya.saph) · Strong's: H3254G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)
Meaning: to add: again
Used 120 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 18:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3254G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 15
לָגֽוּר\׃\ \סla.Gurto sojourn
Lemma: גּוּר (gur) · Strong's: H1481A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to sojourn
Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1481A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:15 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Go away | → | סוּר H5493G to turn aside: remove |
| Unclean | → | טָמֵא H2931 unclean |
| men shouted | → | קָרָא H7121I to call: call out |
| at them | → | |
| Away | → | סוּר H5493G to turn aside: remove |
| away | → | סוּר H5493G to turn aside: remove |
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| touch us | → | נָגַע H5060 to touch |
| So | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| they fled | → | נָצָה H5132A to flee |
| and | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| wandered | → | נוּעַ H5128 to shake |
| Among the nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| it was said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| They can stay | → | גּוּר H1481A to sojourn |
| here no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| longer | → | יָסַף H3254G to add: again |
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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