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Lamentations 2:13

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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.	What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?	Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

What thing shall I take to witness^{H5749 H5749} for thee? what thing^H4100 shall I liken^H1819 to thee, O daughter^H1323 of Jerusalem^H3389? what shall I equal^H7737 to thee, that I may comfort^H5162 thee, O virgin^H1330 daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726? for thy breach^H7667 is great^H1419 like the sea^H3220: who can heal^H7495 thee?

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Original Hebrew

מָה־אֲעִידֵךְ מָה אֲדַמֶּה־לָּךְ הַבַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם מָה אַשְׁוֶה־לָּךְ וַאֲנַחֲמֵךְ בְּתוּלַת בַּת־צִיֹּון כִּי־גָדֹול כַּיָּם שִׁבְרֵךְ מִי יִרְפָּא־לָךְ׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מָֽה	mah-	H4100	HTi	what?
אֲעִידֵ֞/ךְ	'a.'i.De/kh	H5749	HVhi1cs/Sp2fs	will I testify for/ you
מָ֣ה	mah	H4100	HTi	what?
אֲדַמֶּה	'a.da.meh-	H1819	HVpi1cs	will I liken
לָּ֗/ךְ	La/kh		HR/Sp2fs	to/ you
הַ/בַּת֙	ha./Bat	H1323	HTd/Ncfsa	O/ daughter of
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	ye.Ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HNp	Jerusalem
מָ֤ה	mah	H4100	HTi	what?
אַשְׁוֶה	'ash.veh-	H7737	HVhi1cs	will I make equal
לָּ/ךְ֙	lo/Kh		HR/Sp2fs	to/ you
וַ/אֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔/ךְ	va./'a.na.cha.Me/kh	H5162	HC/Vpi1cs/Sp2fs	so/ I may comfort/ you
בְּתוּלַ֖ת	be.tu.Lat	H1330	HNcfsc	O virgin of
בַּת	bat-	H1323	HNcfsc	(the) daughter of
צִיּ֑וֹן	tzi.Yon	H6726	HNp	Zion
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
גָד֥וֹל	ga.Dol	H1419	HAamsa	(is) great
כַּ/יָּ֛ם	ka/i.Yam	H3220	HRd/Ncmsa	like the/ sea
שִׁבְרֵ֖/ךְ	shiv.Re/kh	H7667	HNcmsc/Sp2fs	brokenness/ your
מִ֥י	mi	H4310	HTi	who?
יִרְפָּא	yir.pa'-	H7495	HVqi3ms	will he heal
לָֽ/ךְ	La/kh		HR/Sp2fs	(to)/ you

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• H1330 — בְּתוּלָה (bᵉthûwlâh, beth-oo-law'): feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state; maid, virgin.
• H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
• H1819 — דָּמָה (dâmâh, daw-maw'): a primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider; compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
• H3220 — יָם (yâm, yawm): from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• H5162 — נָחַם (nâcham, naw-kham'): a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself); comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
• H5749 — עוּד (ʻûwd, ood): a primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication); admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.
• H6726 — צִיּוֹן (Tsîyôwn, tsee-yone'): the same (regularly) as צִיּוּןlemma צִיוּן missing dagesh, corrected to צִיּוּן; Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem; Zion.
• H7495 — רָפָא (râphâʼ, raw-faw'): or רָפָה; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure; cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, [idiom] thoroughly, make whole. See רָפָה.
• H7667 — שֶׁבֶר (sheber, sheh'-ber): or שֵׁבֶר; from שָׁבַר; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream); affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
• H7737 — שָׁוָה (shâvâh, shaw-vaw'): a primitive root; properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.); avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

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