Lamentations 5:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

śārîm by-yāḏām niṯlû, pənê zəqēnîm lōʾ nehdārû

Grammar Details

*śārîm*: noun masculine plural - princes/officials
*yāḏām*: noun feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their hand
*niṯlû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they were hanged
*pənê*: noun masculine plural construct - faces of
*zəqēnîm*: noun masculine plural - elders
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*nehdārû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they were honored

Word Meanings

*śārîm*: princes/officials/nobles
*niṯlû*: they were hanged/suspended/impaled
*pənê*: faces of/presence of
*zəqēnîm*: elders/old men
*nehdārû*: they were honored/respected/shown deference

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Referenced Verses

Lam 4:16 : 16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
Isa 47:6 : 6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
Jer 39:6-7 : 6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
Jer 52:10-11 : 10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
Jer 52:25-27 : 25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. 26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
Lam 2:10 : 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Lam 2:20 : 20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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