Lamentations 2:21
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.”
נַעַר
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
חָמַל
you have spared
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חָמַל
Spare, have compassion. Chamal. To feel pity and act on it. As a father has compassion on his children so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
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הָרַג
you have killed
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הָרַג
To kill, to slay. Harag. Though He slay me yet will I trust Him. Job's faith did not depend on favourable circumstances. It was unconditional.
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בְּתוּלָה
young women/ my
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בְּתוּלָה
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
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נָפַל
they have fallen
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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שָׁכַב
they have lain down
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שָׁכַב
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
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חוּץ
streets
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חוּץ
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
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טָבַח
you have slaughtered
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טָבַח
to slaughter (animals or men)
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