Lamentations 4:7
Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.This verse in the real world
In what words
- צָחַחtsâchachto glare, i.e. be dazzling white
- זָכַךְzâkakto be transparent or clean (phys. or morally)
- פָּנִיןpânîynprobably a pearl (as round)
- גִּזְרָהgizrâhthe figure or person (as if cut out); also an inclosure (as separated)
- אָדַםʼâdamflush or turn rosy
- נָזִירnâzîyrseparate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) a
- שֶׁלֶגshelegsnow (probably from its whiteness)
- חָלָבchâlâbmilk (as the richness of kine)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 51:7, Psa 144:12, Sng 5:10, 1Sa 16:12, Jdg 16:17, Jdg 13:5, Amo 2:11–12, Dan 1:15