Lamentations 2:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

Young's Literal Translation
The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.

King James Bible
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Hebrew
The Lord
אֲדֹנָ֤י ׀ (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

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

like an enemy;
כְּאוֹיֵב֙ (kə·’ō·w·yêḇ)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

He has swallowed up
בִּלַּ֣ע (bil·la‘)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf

Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

He swallowed up
בִּלַּע֙ (bil·la‘)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

her palaces
אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ (’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 759: A citadel

and destroyed
שִׁחֵ֖ת (ši·ḥêṯ)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

her strongholds.
מִבְצָרָ֑יו (miḇ·ṣā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4013: A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender

He has multiplied
וַיֶּ֙רֶב֙ (way·ye·reḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

mourning
תַּאֲנִיָּ֖ה (ta·’ă·nî·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8386: Lamentation

and lamentation
וַאֲנִיָּֽה׃ (wa·’ă·nî·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 592: Groaning

in the Daughter
בְּבַת־ (bə·ḇaṯ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of Judah.
יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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