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Lamentations 2:12

They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.
Lamentations 2:12
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

לְאִמֹּתָם֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ אַיֵּ֖ה דָּגָ֣ן וָיָ֑יִן בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם כֶּֽחָלָל֙ בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת עִ֔יר בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשָׁ֔ם אֶל־חֵ֖יק אִמֹּתָֽם׃ ס

  1. לְאִמֹּתָם֙le.'i.mo.Tam“to mothers their”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from אֵם · “mother” · Strong's H0517
  2. יֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.Ru“they say”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  3. אַיֵּ֖ה'ai.Yeh“where?”
    Particle, interrogative · from אַיֵּה · “where?” · Strong's H0346
  4. דָּגָ֣ןda.Gan“[are] grain”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from דָּגָן · “grain” · Strong's H1715
  5. וָיָ֑יִןva.Ya.yin“and wine”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from יַ֫יִן · “wine” · Strong's H3196
  6. בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤םbe.hit.'a.te.Fam“when faint away they”
    Preposition + Verb, hithpael, infinitive construct, common + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from עָטַף · “to enfeeble” · Strong's H5848C
  7. כֶּֽחָלָל֙ke.cha.Lal“like <the> [one] fatally wounded”
    Preposition with article + Adjective, masculine, singular, absolute · from חָלָל · “wounded” · Strong's H2491H
  8. בִּרְחֹב֣וֹתbir.cho.Vot“in [the] open places of”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, plural, construct · from רְחוֹב · “street|plaza” · Strong's H7339
  9. עִ֔יר'Ir“a city”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from עִיר · “city” · Strong's H5892B
  10. בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְbe.hish.ta.Pekh“when pours itself out”
    Preposition + Verb, hithpael, infinitive construct, common · from שָׁפַךְ · “pour” · Strong's H8210G
  11. נַפְשָׁ֔םnaf.Sham“life their”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from נֶ֫פֶשׁ · “life” · Strong's H5315H
  12. אֶל־'el-“to”
    Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  13. חֵ֖יקcheik“[the] bosom of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from חֵיק · “embrace” · Strong's H2436G
  14. אִמֹּתָֽם׃ ס'i.mo.Tam“mothers their”
    Noun, feminine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from אֵם · “mother” · Strong's H0517
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)