Lamentations 2:21
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Berean Study Bible
Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.

Young's Literal Translation
Lain on the earth [in] out-places have young and old, My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword, Thou hast slain in a day of Thine anger, Thou hast slaughtered—Thou hast not pitied.

King James Bible
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, [and] not pitied.

Hebrew
Both young
נַ֣עַר (na·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

and old
וְזָקֵ֔ן (wə·zā·qên)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2205: Old

lie together
שָׁכְב֨וּ (šā·ḵə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7901: To lie down

in the dust
לָאָ֤רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of the streets.
חוּצוֹת֙ (ḥū·ṣō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

My young men
וּבַחוּרַ֖י (ū·ḇa·ḥū·ray)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 970: Selected, a youth

and maidens
בְּתוּלֹתַ֥י (bə·ṯū·lō·ṯay)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride

have fallen
נָפְל֣וּ (nā·p̄ə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

by the sword.
בֶחָ֑רֶב (ḇe·ḥā·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

You have slain [them]
הָרַ֙גְתָּ֙ (hā·raḡ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

in the day
בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of Your anger;
אַפֶּ֔ךָ (’ap·pe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

You have slaughtered [them]
טָבַ֖חְתָּ (ṭā·ḇaḥ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2873: To slaughter, butcher, slay

without
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

compassion.
חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ (ḥā·mā·lə·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2550: To commiserate, to spare

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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