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Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
Lamentations 2:16
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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)

פָּצ֨וּ עָלַ֤יִךְ פִּיהֶם֙ כָּל־א֣וֹיְבַ֔יִךְ שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ וַיַּֽחַרְקוּ־שֵׁ֔ן אָמְר֖וּ בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ אַ֣ךְ זֶ֥ה הַיּ֛וֹם שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּ מָצָ֥אנוּ רָאִֽינוּ׃ ס

  1. פָּצ֨וּpa.Tzu“they have opened”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from פָּצָה · “to open” · Strong's H6475
  2. עָלַ֤יִךְ'a.La.yikh“on you”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  3. פִּיהֶם֙pi.Hem“mouth their”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from פֶּה · “lip” · Strong's H6310G
  4. כָּל־kol-“all”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
  5. א֣וֹיְבַ֔יִךְ'oy.Va.yikh“enemies your”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular · from אֹיֵב · “enemy” · Strong's H0341
  6. שָֽׁרְקוּ֙sha.re.Ku“they have hissed”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from שָׁרַק · “to whistle” · Strong's H8319
  7. וַיַּֽחַרְקוּ־vai.ya.char.ku-“and they have gnashed”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from חָרַק · “to grind” · Strong's H2786
  8. שֵׁ֔ןShen“a tooth”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from שֵׁן · “tooth” · Strong's H8127G
  9. אָמְר֖וּ'a.me.Ru“they said”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  10. בִּלָּ֑עְנוּbi.La.'e.nu“we have swallowed up”
    Verb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, plural · from בָּלַע · “to swallow up” · Strong's H1104
  11. אַ֣ךְ'akh“surely”
    Adverb · from אַךְ · “surely” · Strong's H0389
  12. זֶ֥הzeh“this”
    Particle, demonstrative · from זֶה · “this” · Strong's H2088
  13. הַיּ֛וֹםhai.Yom“[is] the day”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from יוֹם · “day” · Strong's H3117G
  14. שֶׁקִּוִּינֻ֖הוּshe.ki.vi.Nu.hu“that we have waited for it”
    Particle, relative + Verb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, plural + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from קָוָה · “to await” · Strong's H6960A
  15. מָצָ֥אנוּma.Tza.nu“we have found”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural · from מָצָא · “to find” · Strong's H4672
  16. רָאִֽינוּ׃ סra.'I.nu“we have seen”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)