Lamentations 1:19
“I called for my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city, while they sought food for themselves to refresh their souls.This verse in the real world
In what words
- רָמָהrâmâhto hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
- גָּוַעgâvaʻto breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
- אֹכֶלʼôkelfood
- זָקֵןzâqênold
- אָהַבʼâhabto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- בָּקַשׁbâqashto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to striv
- כֹּהֵןkôhênliterally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layma
- קָרָאqârâʼto call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications
+2 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lam 1:2, Lam 1:11, Lam 2:20, Job 19:13–19, Jer 14:15–18, Jer 27:13–15, Jer 37:7–9, Jer 23:11–15