Lamentations 2:4
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.”
שָׁפַךְ
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
קֶשֶׁת
bow/ his
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קֶשֶׁת
Bow, rainbow. Qesheth. I set my bow in the cloud as a sign of the covenant. The warrior's bow laid down. God promises never to destroy the earth again.
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יָמִין
right hand/ his
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יָמִין
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
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עַיִן
eye
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עַיִן
Eye, spring of water. Ayin. Open the eyes of my heart LORD. I lift my eyes to You who are enthroned in heaven.
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בַּת
the daughter of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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דָּרַךְ
he has bent
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דָּרַךְ
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
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מַחְמָד
the delights of
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מַחְמָד
delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire
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נָצַב
he has taken a stand
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נָצַב
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
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צִיּוֹן
Zion
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צִיּוֹן
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
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חֵמָה
rage/ his
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חֵמָה
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
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