KLAGELIEDER 4:17
Noch gafften unsre Augen auf die nichtige Hilfe, bis sie müde wurden, da wir warteten auf ein Volk, das uns doch nicht helfen konnte.This verse in the real world
In what words
- צְפִיָּהtsᵉphîyâhwatchfulness
- עֶזְרָהʻezrâhaid
- צָפָהtsâphâhproperly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, awa
- הֶבֶלhebelemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as
- כָּלָהkâlâhto end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete,
- גּוֹיgôwya foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 29:16, 2Ki 24:7, Isa 20:5, Isa 31:1–3, Jer 2:36, Lam 1:7, Jer 37:7–10, Jer 2:18