Lamentations 5:7

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We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.	Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.	Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Our fathers^H1 have sinned^H2398, and are not^H369; and we have borne^H5445 their iniquities^H5771.

Original Hebrew

אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָטְאוּ [אֵינָם כ] (וְאֵינָם ק) [אֲנַחְנוּ כ] (וַאֲנַחְנוּ ק) עֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָלְנוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֲבֹתֵ֤י/נוּ	'a.vo.Tei./nu	H1	HNcmpc/Sp1cp	ancestors/ our
חָֽטְאוּ֙	cha.te.'U	H2398	HVqp3cp	they sinned
[אינ/ם כ] (וְ/אֵינָ֔/ם ק)	[ʼayin כ] (ve./ei.na/m ק)	H369 כ	[HTn/Sp3mp כ] (HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp ק)	(and/ not (are)/ they ק)
[אנחנו כ] (וַ/אֲנַ֖חְנוּ ק)	[ʼănachnûw כ] (va./'a.nach.nu ק)	H587 כ	[HPp1cp כ] (HC/Pp1bp ק)	(and/ we ק)
עֲוֺנֹתֵי/הֶ֥ם	'a.vo.no.tei./Hem	H5771	HNcbpc/Sp3mp	iniquities/ their
סָבָֽלְנוּ	sa.Val.nu	H5445	HVqp1cp	we have borne

Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).

Strong's References

H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן (ʼayin) H370.
H2398 — חָטָא (châṭâʼ, khaw-taw'): a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn; bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
H5445 — סָבַל (çâbal, saw-bal'): a primitive root; to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid; bear, be a burden, carry, strong to labour.
H5771 — עָוֺן (ʻâvôn, aw-vone'): or עָווֹן (ʻâvôwn); (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (אֲבַד (ʼăbad) H7)), from עָוָה (ʻâvâh) H5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil; fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.

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

H587 — אֲנַחְנוּ (ʼănachnûw, an-akh'-noo): apparently from אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy) H595; we; ourselves, us, we.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

and are — Genesis 42:13, Genesis 42:36, Job 7:8, Job 7:21, Jeremiah 31:15, Zechariah 1:5
fathers — Exodus 20:5, Jeremiah 16:12, Jeremiah 31:29, Ezekiel 18:2, Matthew 23:32-36

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