Lamentations 2:21

On the ground in the streets (squares, fields – completely open) lie
both young and old,
my virgins and my young men
have fallen by the sword.
You have slaughtered them in your day of wrath;
you slaughtered them indiscriminately.
[The twenty-first Hebrew letter is: ש – Shin. The character depicts two teeth and often symbolizes crushing and destroying something. In this verse, it is the verb "lie" that begins with this letter and shows how destruction is dominant.]

The hebrew text BETA

Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

שָׁכְבוּ   לָאָרֶץ   חוּצוֹת   נַעַר   וְזָקֵן   בְּתוּלֹתַי   וּבַחוּרַי   נָפְלוּ   בֶחָרֶב   הָרַגְתָּ   בְּיוֹם   אַפֶּךָ   טָבַחְתָּ   לֹא   חָמָלְתָּ  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

ἐκοιμήθησαν εἰς τὴν ἔξοδον παιδάριον καὶ πρεσβύτης παρθένοι μου καὶ νεανίσκοι μου ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ ἀπέκτεινας ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀργῆς σου ἐμαγείρευσας οὐκ ἐφείσω


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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H7901
שָׁכְב֨וּ (shakhevo)
to lie down
Verb Verb
qal qatal 3p pl. qal qatal third person plural

Vqp3cp
H9005
H0776
לָ (la)
אָ֤רֶץ (aretz)
to
land
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

Rd
Ncbsa
H2351
חוּצוֹת֙ (chotzvót)
outside
Noun Noun
♀ pl. feminine plural Absolute state

Ncfpa
H5288
נַ֣עַר (naar)
youth
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

Ncbsa
H9002
H2205
וְ (ve)
זָקֵ֔ן (zaqen)
and
old
Conj. Conjunktion

Adj. Adjective
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

C
Aabsa
H1330
H9020
בְּתוּלֹתַ֥ (betolóta)
י (j)
virgin
my
Noun Noun
♀ pl. gen. feminine plural Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. 1p ♂/♀ sing. Pronominal first person masculine och feminine singular

Ncfpc
Sp1bs
H9002
H0970
H9020
וּ (o)
בַחוּרַ֖ (vachora)
י (j)
and
youth
my
Conj. Conjunktion

Noun Noun
♂ pl. gen. masculine plural Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. 1p ♂/♀ sing. Pronominal first person masculine och feminine singular

C
Ncmpc
Sp1bs
H5307
נָפְל֣וּ (nafelo)
to fall
Verb Verb
qal qatal 3p pl. qal qatal third person plural

Vqp3cp
H9003
H2719
בֶ (ve)
חָ֑רֶב (charev)
in
sword
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

Rd
Ncbsa
H2026
הָרַ֙גְתָּ֙ (harageta)
to kill
Verb Verb
qal qatal ♂ sing. qal qatal second person masculine singular

Vqp2ms
H9003
H3117
בְּ (be)
י֣וֹם (jvóm)
in
day
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

R
Ncbsc
H0639
H9021
אַפֶּ֔ (ape)
ךָ (kha)
anger
your
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. ♂ sing. Pronominal second person masculine singular

Ncbsc
Sp2ms
H2873
טָבַ֖חְתָּ (tavacheta)
to slaughter
Verb Verb
qal qatal ♂ sing. qal qatal second person masculine singular

Vqp2ms
H3808
לֹ֥א (ló)
not
Particle – negation Particle (Negative)

Tn
H2550
H9016
H9018
חָמָֽלְתָּ (chamaleta)
׃
ס (s)
to spare
verseEnd
section
Verb Verb
qal qatal ♂ sing. qal qatal second person masculine singular

Vqp2ms

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