Lamentations 2:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.

Young's Literal Translation
Cried hath their heart unto the Lord; O wall of the daughter of Zion, Cause to go down as a stream tears daily and nightly, Give not rest to thyself, Let not the daughter of thine eye stand still.

King James Bible
Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

Hebrew
The hearts [of the people]
לִבָּ֖ם (lib·bām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

cry out
צָעַ֥ק (ṣā·‘aq)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the Lord.
אֲדֹנָ֑י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

O wall
חוֹמַ֣ת (ḥō·w·maṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

of the Daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of Zion,
צִ֠יּוֹן (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

let your tears
דִּמְעָה֙ (dim·‘āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1832: Tears (of one weeping)

run down
הוֹרִ֨ידִי (hō·w·rî·ḏî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

like a river
כַנַּ֤חַל (ḵan·na·ḥal)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

day
יוֹמָ֣ם (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's 3119: Daytime, by day

and night.
וָלַ֔יְלָה (wā·lay·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

Give
תִּתְּנִ֤י (tit·tə·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

yourself no
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

relief,
פוּגַת֙ (p̄ū·ḡaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6314: Benumbing, cessation

and your eyes
עֵינֵֽךְ׃ (‘ê·nêḵ)
Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

no
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

rest.
תִּדֹּ֖ם (tid·dōm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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