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They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. (KJV)

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הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ha.'o.khe.Limthe [ones] eating

Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398

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

Meaning: to eat

Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Lamentations 4:5 word 1

לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔יםle.Ma.'a.da.Nim<to> delicacies

Lemma: מַעֲדָן (ma.a.dan) · Strong's: H4574

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: delicacy

Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 49:20, Proverbs 29:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4574; TAHOT Lamentations 4:5 word 2

נָשַׁ֖מּוּna.Sha.muthey are desolate

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

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

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 4:5 word 3

בַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.Tzotin the streets

Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: outside

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Lamentations 4:5 word 4

הָאֱמֻנִים֙ha.'e.mu.Nimthe [ones] brought up

Lemma: אָמַן (a.man) · Strong's: H0539

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqsmpa)

Meaning: be faithful

Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 15:6, Genesis 42:20, Genesis 45:26, Exodus 4:1, Exodus 4:5, Exodus 4:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0539; TAHOT Lamentations 4:5 word 5

עֲלֵ֣י'a.Leion

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:5 word 6

תוֹלָ֔עto.La'crimson

Lemma: תּוֹלָע (to.la) · Strong's: H8438A

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

Meaning: worm

Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 16:20, Exodus 25:4, Deuteronomy 28:39, Isaiah 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8438A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:5 word 7

חִבְּק֖וּchi.be.Kuthey have embraced

Lemma: חָבַק (cha.vaq) · Strong's: H2263

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

Meaning: to embrace

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 29:13, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 48:10, 2 Kings 4:16, Job 24:8, Proverbs 4:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2263; TAHOT Lamentations 4:5 word 8

אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת\׃\ \ס'ash.pa.Totash heaps

Lemma: אַשְׁפֹּת (ash.pot) · Strong's: H0830H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: refuse

Used 3 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 113:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0830H; TAHOT Lamentations 4:5 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Those who once ate	→	אָכַל H0398 to eat
delicacies	→	מַעֲדָן H4574 delicacy
are destitute	→	שָׁמֵם H8074G be desolate: destroyed
in the streets	→	חוּץ H2351 outside
those brought up	→	אָמַן H0539 be faithful
in	→	עַל H5921A upon
crimson	→	תּוֹלָע H8438A worm
huddle	→	חָבַק H2263 to embrace
in ash heaps	→	אַשְׁפֹּת H0830H refuse

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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