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?
What thing ſhall I take to witneſſe for thee? what thing ſhall I liken to thee, O daughter of Ieruſalem? what ſhall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O Uirgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the ſea: who can heale thee?
בַּת , feminine noun, proper feminine noun, bat — daughter (value 402)
H1323,
בַּת bath, bath; from H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively):—apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.feminine noun
daughter
daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin
as polite address
proper feminine noun
as designation of women of a particular place
as personification
daughter-villages
description of character
young women, women
Used in 498 Verses, 34 Books 583  Occurrence Count
בְּתוּלָה , feminine noun, bətula — a virgin (value 443)
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.Used in 50 Verses, 19 Books 50  Occurrence Count
גָּדוֹל , adjective, proper masculine noun, substantive, gadol — great (value 43)
H1419,
גָּדוֹל gâdôwl, gaw-dole'; or גָּדֹל gâdôl; (shortened) from H1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent:— aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, × sore, (×) very.adjective
great
large (in magnitude and extent)
in number
in intensity
loud (in sound)
older (in age)
in importance
important things
great, distinguished (of men)
God Himself (of God)
substantive
great things
haughty things
greatness
proper masculine noun
Used in 497 Verses, 35 Books 525  Occurrence Count
דָּמָה , verb, dama — to be like, resemble (value 49)
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.to be like, resemble
(Qal) to be like, resemble
(Piel)
to liken, compare
to imagine, think
(Hithpael) to make oneself like
(Niphal)
Used in 27 Verses, 10 Books 29  Occurrence Count
יָם , masculine noun, yam — sea (value 50)
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 (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Dead Sea
Sea of Galilee
sea (general)
mighty river (Nile)
the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
seaward, west, westward
Used in 339 Verses, 35 Books 389  Occurrence Count
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם , proper locative noun, yərushalaim — probably "foundation of peace", capital city of all Isr (value 586)
H3389,
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yerûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im; rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerûwshâlayim; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine:—Jerusalem.Jerusalem = "teaching of peace"
the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split
Used in 600 Verses, 26 Books 643  Occurrence Count
כִּי , conjunction, kiy — that, for, when (value 30)
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.that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
that
yea, indeed
when (of time)
when, if, though (with a concessive force)
because, since (causal connection)
but (after negative)
that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
but rather, but
except that
only, nevertheless
surely
that is
but if
for though
forasmuch as, for therefore
Used in 3909 Verses, 39 Books 4487  Occurrence Count
מָה , indefinite pronoun, interrogative pronoun, ma — what? how? anything (value 45)
H4100,
מָה mâh, maw; or מַה mah; or מָ mâ; or מַ ma; also מֶה meh; 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.interrogative pronoun
what, how, of what kind
(interrogative)
what?
of what kind
what? (rhetorical)
whatsoever, whatever, what
(adverb)
how, how now
why
how! (exclamation)
(with preposition)
wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
because of what?
the like of what?
how much?, how many?, how often?
for how long?
for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
indefinite pronoun
anything, aught, what may
Used in 650 Verses, 37 Books 744  Occurrence Count
מִי , interrogative pronoun, miy — who? (value 50)
H4310,
מִי mîy, me; an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 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), × he, × him, O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), would to God.who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever
Used in 342 Verses, 35 Books 422  Occurrence Count
נָחַם , verb, naham — to be sorry, console oneself (value 98)
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).to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted
(Niphal)
to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion
to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent
to comfort oneself, be comforted
to comfort oneself, ease oneself
(Piel) to comfort, console
(Pual) to be comforted, be consoled
(Hithpael)
to be sorry, have compassion
to rue, repent of
to comfort oneself, be comforted
to ease oneself
Used in 100 Verses, 21 Books 107  Occurrence Count
עוּד , verb, ʿud — to return, go about, repeat, do again (value 80)
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.to return, repeat, go about, do again
(Piel) to surround, go round and round
(Pilel) to restore, relieve
(Hithpalel) to be restored
to bear witness
(Qal) to bear witness, say again and again
(Hiphil)
to testify, bear witness
to cause to testify, take or call as witness, invoke
to protest, affirm solemnly, warn, exhort or enjoin solemnly, admonish, charge
(Hophal) to protest, give warning
Used in 40 Verses, 16 Books 41  Occurrence Count
צִיּוֹן , proper locative noun, tziyyyon — a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jer (value 156)
H6726,
צִיּוֹן Tsîyôwn, tsee-yone'; the same (regularly) as H6725; Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem:—Zion.Zion = "parched place"
another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books
Used in 153 Verses, 16 Books 153  Occurrence Count
רָפָא , verb, rafaʾ — to heal (value 281)
H7495,
רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw'; or רָפָה râphâh; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure:—cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, × thoroughly, make whole. See H7503.to heal, make healthful
(Qal) to heal
of God
healer, physician (of men)
of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig)
of individual distresses (fig)
(Niphal) to be healed
literal (of persons)
of water, pottery
of national hurts (fig)
of personal distress (fig)
(Piel) to heal
literal
of national defects or hurts (fig)
(Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)
Used in 62 Verses, 18 Books 66  Occurrence Count
שֶׁבֶר , masculine noun, shever — a breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash (value 502)
H7667,
שֶׁבֶר sheber, sheh'-ber; or שֵׁבֶר shêber; from H7665; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream):—affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering
breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing
crashing
breaking (of a dream), interpretation
quarries
Used in 41 Verses, 12 Books 44  Occurrence Count
שָׁוָה , verb, shava — to agree with, be like, resemble (value 311)
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.to agree with, be or become like, level, resemble
(Qal)
to be like
equivalent (participle)
to set, place
setting (participle)
(Piel) to level, smooth, still
(Hiphil) to make like
(Nithpael) to be alike
(Piel) to set, place
Used in 21 Verses, 8 Books 21  Occurrence Count
| Lamentations 2:13Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| 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? |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| מָֽה־אֲעִידֵ֞ךְ מָ֣ה אֲדַמֶּה־לָּ֗ךְ הַבַּת֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מָ֤ה אַשְׁוֶה־לָּךְ֙ וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְ בְּתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־צִיּ֑וֹן כִּֽי־גָד֥וֹל כַּיָּ֛ם שִׁבְרֵ֖ךְ מִ֥י יִרְפָּא־לָֽךְ׃ ס |
| Verse #20346 (Ch. #799) — 21 words, 70 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| What thing shall I take to witness |
H5749ʿud |
עוּד |
80 |
| for thee? what thing |
H4100ma |
מָה |
45 |
| shall I liken |
H1819dama |
דָּמָה |
49 |
| to thee, O daughter |
H1323bat |
בַּת |
402 |
| of Jerusalem? |
H3389yərushalaim |
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם |
586 |
| what shall I equal |
H7737shava |
שָׁוָה |
311 |
| to thee, that I may comfort |
H5162naham |
נָחַם |
98 |
| thee, O virgin |
H1330bətula |
בְּתוּלָה |
443 |
| daughter |
H1323bat |
בַּת |
402 |
| of Zion? |
H6726tziyyyon |
צִיּוֹן |
156 |
| for thy breach |
H7667shever |
שֶׁבֶר |
502 |
| is great |
H1419gadol |
גָּדוֹל |
43 |
| like the sea: |
H3220yam |
יָם |
50 |
| who can heal thee? |
H7495rafaʾ |
רָפָא |
281 |
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