Lamentations 4:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [here].

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ס֣וּרוּ טָמֵ֞א קָ֣רְאוּ לָ֗מוֹ ס֤וּרוּ ס֙וּרוּ֙ אַל־תִּגָּ֔עוּ כִּ֥י נָצ֖וּ גַּם־נָ֑עוּ אָֽמְרוּ֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם לֹ֥א יוֹסִ֖יפוּ לָגֽוּר׃

Transliteration

Sûrû ṭāmēʾ they qārəʾû to them, sûrû sûrû not tiggāʿû; for they nāṣû, also they nāʿû; they ʾāmərû among the gôyim, not yôsîp̄û to lāḡûr

Grammar Details

*sûrû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - turn aside/depart
*ṭāmēʾ*: masculine singular adjective - unclean/impure
*qārəʾû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they called
*lāmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix (poetic) - to them
*ʾal*: negative particle - not/do not
*tiggāʿû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you touch
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*nāṣû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they fled
*gam*: conjunction - also/even
*nāʿû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they wandered
*ʾāmərû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they said
*ba-gôyim*: preposition + definite masculine plural noun - among the nations
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yôsîp̄û*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will continue
*lāḡûr*: Qal infinitive construct - to sojourn/dwell as aliens

Word Meanings

*sûrû*: turn aside/depart/go away
*ṭāmēʾ*: unclean/impure/defiled
*nāṣû*: fled/scattered/departed
*nāʿû*: wandered/staggered/roamed
*gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
*yôsîp̄û*: will continue/will add/will do again
*lāḡûr*: to sojourn/to dwell temporarily/to reside as foreigners

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Referenced Verses

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