Cross References Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers. Job 30:16 And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me. Psalm 42:4 These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me: for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God: With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting. Psalm 62:8 Trust in him, all ye congregation of people: pour out your hearts before him. God is our helper for ever. Jeremiah 5:17 And they shall eat up thy corn, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters: they shall eat up thy flocks, and thy herds: they shall eat thy vineyards, and thy figs: and with the sword they shall destroy thy strong cities, wherein thou trustest. Lamentations 4:4 Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers. as the Ezekiel 30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword in his hand: and I will break the arms of Pharao, and they shall groan bitterly being slain before his face. soul Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors. Context God's Anger over Jerusalem…11Caph. My eyes have failed with weeping, my bowels are troubled: my liver is poured out upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, when the children, and the sucklings, fainted away in the streets of the city. 12Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers.13Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?… Lexicon They cry outיֹֽאמְר֔וּ (yō·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to their mothers: לְאִמֹּתָם֙ (lə·’im·mō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, ) “Where אַיֵּ֖ה (’ay·yêh) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 346: Where? is the grain דָּגָ֣ן (dā·ḡān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1715: Corn, grain (of cereals) and wine?” וָיָ֑יִן (wā·yā·yin) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3196: Wine, intoxication as they faint בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם (bə·hiṯ·‘aṭ·ṭə·p̄ām) Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5848: To shroud, clothe, to languish like the wounded כֶּֽחָלָל֙ (ke·ḥā·lāl) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2491: Pierced, polluted in the streets בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת (bir·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7339: A broad open place, plaza of the city, עִ֔יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement as their lives נַפְשָׁ֔ם (nap̄·šām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion fade away בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ (bə·hiš·tap·pêḵ) Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out in אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the arms חֵ֖יק (ḥêq) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2436: The bosom of their mothers. אִמֹּתָֽם׃ (’im·mō·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, ) Additional Translations 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.They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom. They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers bosom. LAMED. They said to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? while they fainted like wounded men in the streets of the city, while their souls were poured out into their mother's bosom. They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city; when they pour out their soul into their mothers' bosom. They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom. They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom. They tell their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom. To their mothers they say, 'Where are corn and wine?' In their becoming feeble as a pierced one In the broad places of the city, In their soul pouring itself out into the bosom of their mothers. 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