Lamentations 2:8
Devised hath Jehovah to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion, He hath stretched out a line, He hath not turned His hand from destroying, And He causeth bulwark and wall to mourn, Together — they have been weak.This verse in the real world
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- חֵילchêylan army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment
- אָמַלʼâmalto droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn
- קַוqava cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a music
- אָבַלʼâbalto bewail
- בָּלַעbâlaʻto make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
- חוֹמָהchôwmâha wall of protection
- חָשַׁבchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricat
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.