Lamentations 4:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

Young's Literal Translation
Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered—it hath been as wood.

King James Bible
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

Hebrew
But now their appearance
תָּֽאֳרָ֔ם (tā·’o·rām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8389: Outline, figure, appearance

is blacker
חָשַׁ֤ךְ (ḥā·šaḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2821: To be dark, to darken

than soot;
מִשְּׁחוֹר֙ (miš·šə·ḥō·wr)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7815: Dinginess, soot

they are not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

recognized
נִכְּר֖וּ (nik·kə·rū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5234: To regard, recognize

in the streets.
בַּחוּצ֑וֹת (ba·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

Their skin
עוֹרָם֙ (‘ō·w·rām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather

has shriveled
צָפַ֤ד (ṣā·p̄aḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6821: To draw together, contract

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

their bones;
עַצְמָ֔ם (‘aṣ·mām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

it has become
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

as dry
יָבֵ֖שׁ (yā·ḇêš)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

as a stick.
כָעֵֽץ׃ (ḵā·‘êṣ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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