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Ezekiel 27:31

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

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וְהִקְרִ֤יחוּvehiqrichvand make baldקָרַחconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and make bald”, a completed action in a sequenceH7139to depilatemake (self) bald.אֵלַ֨יִךְ֙elayikhamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).קָרְחָ֔הqarechahbaldקׇרְחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bald”, the ordinary formH7144baldnessbald(-ness), [idiom] utterly.וְחָגְר֖וּvechagervand girdחָגַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and gird”, a completed action in a sequenceH2296to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.שַׂקִּ֑יםsaqimsackשַׂקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sack”, the ordinary formH8242properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)sack(-cloth, -clothes).וּבָכ֥וּuvakhvand weepבָּכָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and weep”, a completed action in a sequenceH1058to weep; generally to bemoan[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.אֵלַ֛יִךְelayikhamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).בְּמַרbemarin bitterמַרpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “in bitter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4751bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly[phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.נֶ֖פֶשׁnefeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…מִסְפֵּ֥דmispedlamentationמִסְפֵּדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lamentation”, the ordinary formH4553a lamentationlamentation, one mourneth, mourning, wailing.מָֽרmarbitterמַרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “bitter”, the ordinary formH4751bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly[phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter lamentation.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul — a bitter mourning.

World English Bible

They will make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.

Darby Translation

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall shave themselves bald for thee, and shall be girded with haircloth: and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of soul, with most bitter weeping.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)