Lamentations 2:12 Hebrew Word Analysis

13	into their mothers	אִמֹּתָֽם׃	h517
1	They say	יֹֽאמְר֔וּ	h559
2		אַיֵּ֖ה	h346
3	Where is corn	דָּגָ֣ן	h1715
4	and wine	וָיָ֑יִן	h3196
5	when they swooned	בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם	h5848
6	as the wounded	כֶּֽחָלָל֙	h2491
7	in the streets	בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת	h7339
8	of the city	עִ֔יר	h5892
9	was poured out	בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ	h8210
10	when their soul	נַפְשָׁ֔ם	h5315
11		אֶל	h413
12	bosom	חֵ֖יק	h2436
13	into their mothers	אִמֹּתָֽם׃	h517

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they are falling like the wounded in the open squares of the town, when their life is drained out on their mother's breast.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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.