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Lamentations 5

Hebrew — Westminster Leningrad Codex · 22 verses

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  1. 1

    זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הביט הַבִּ֖יטָה וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ

    remember · LORD · what · to be · to/for us · look · look · and see · - · reproach our

  2. 2

    נַחֲלָתֵ֨נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים

    inheritance our · to overturn · to/for strange · houses our · to/for foreign

  3. 3

    יְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֨ינוּ֙ אין וְאֵ֣ין אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת

    orphans · to be · nothing · and nothing · father · mothers our · like/as widows

  4. 4

    מֵימֵ֨ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ

    water(s) our · in/at silver · to drink · trees our · in/at price · to enter

    Septuagint runs longer here

  5. 5

    עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֨נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לא וְלֹ֥א הֽוּנַ֖ח לָֽנוּ

    upon · neck our · to pursue · to toil · not · and not · to rest · to/for us

  6. 6

    מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם

    Egypt · to give · hand · Assyria · to be satisfied · bread

    Septuagint runs shorter here

  7. 7

    אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אינם וְאֵינָ֔ם אנחנו וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ

    fathers our · to sin · nothing them · and nothing them · we · and we · iniquities their · to bear

  8. 8

    עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם

    servants · to rule · in/at us · tearing away · nothing · from hand their

  9. 9

    בְּנַפְשֵׁ֨נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר

    in/at soul our · to enter · bread our · from face(s) of · sword of · the wilderness

  10. 10

    עוֹרֵ֨נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב

    skin our · like/as furnace · to burn · from face(s) of · burning heat of · famine

  11. 11

    נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה

    women · in/at Zion · to afflict · virgins · in/at cities of · Judah

  12. 12

    שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ

    princes · in/at hand their · to hang · face(s) of · old · not · to honor

  13. 13

    בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ

    young men · mill · to lift · and boys · in/at the tree · to stumble

  14. 14

    זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם

    old · from gate · to cease · young men · from song their

  15. 15

    שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ

    to cease · joy of · heart our · to overturn · to/for mourning · dance our

  16. 16

    נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ

    to fall · crown of · head our · woe · please · to/for us · that · to sin

  17. 17

    עַל זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ

    upon · this · to be · faint · heart our · upon · these · to be dark · eyes our

  18. 18

    עַ֤ל הַר צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ בֽוֹ

    upon · mountain of · Zion · who/which to be desolate · foxes · to walk · in/at him

  19. 19

    אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר

    you · LORD · to/for forever · to dwell · throne your · to/for generation · and generation

    Septuagint runs longer here

  20. 20

    לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֨צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים

    to/for what · to/for perpetuity · to forget us · to leave us · to/for length of · days

  21. 21

    הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙ ונשוב וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם

    return us · LORD · to you · and to return · and to return · renew · days our · like/as east

  22. 22

    כִּ֚י אִם מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד מְאֹֽד

    that · if · to reject · to reject us · to be angry · upon us · until · exceedingly

About this chapter

  • 22 Verses
  • 151 Hebrew words
  • 108 Distinct lemmas

3 verses here run noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (1 shorter, 2 longer) — 5:4, 5:6, 5:19. Open any to read the two side by side.

Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →

Lamentations 5 contains 22 verses in the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Click any verse to open it in the interlinear word-by-word view, with transliteration, Strong's number, gloss, and full morphology for every word. Use the chapter navigation above to step through Lamentations, or return to the book of Lamentations for the full chapter list.

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