Lamentations 2:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Young's Literal Translation
Sit on the earth—keep silent do the elders of the daughter of Zion, They have caused dust to go up on their head, They have girded on sackcloth, Put down to the earth their head have the virgins of Jerusalem.

King James Bible
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, [and] keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Hebrew
The elders
זִקְנֵ֣י (ziq·nê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2205: Old

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

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

sit
יֵשְׁב֨וּ (yê·šə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

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

in silence.
יִדְּמוּ֙ (yid·də·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish

They have thrown
הֶֽעֱל֤וּ (he·‘ĕ·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

dust
עָפָר֙ (‘ā·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

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

their heads
רֹאשָׁ֔ם (rō·šām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7218: The head

and put on
חָגְר֖וּ (ḥā·ḡə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself

sackcloth.
שַׂקִּ֑ים (śaq·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag

The young women
בְּתוּלֹ֖ת (bə·ṯū·lōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride

of Jerusalem
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

have bowed
הוֹרִ֤ידוּ (hō·w·rî·ḏū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

their heads
רֹאשָׁ֔ן (rō·šān)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's 7218: The head

to the ground.
לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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