Lamentations 4:5
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.”
שָׁמֵם
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
תּוֹלָע
crimson
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תּוֹלָע
the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewith
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חָבַק
they have embraced
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חָבַק
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
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