How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
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אֵיכָ֣הeykhahhowאֵיךְparticle, interrogative — “how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.יָשְׁבָ֣הyashevahdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “dwell”, a completed actionH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בָדָ֗דvadadaloneבָּדָדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alone”, the ordinary formH910separate; adverb, separatelyalone, desolate, only, solitary.הָעִיר֙hairthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.רַבָּ֣תִיrabatiaboundרַבadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, construct — “abound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…עָ֔םampeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.הָיְתָ֖הhayetahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כְּאַלְמָנָ֑הkealmanahas desolate houseאַלְמָנָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as desolate house”, the ordinary formH490a widow; also a desolate placedesolate house (palace), widow.רַּבָּ֣תִיrabatiaboundרַבadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, construct — “abound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…בַגּוֹיִ֗םvagoyimin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.שָׂרָ֨תִי֙saratiladyשָׂרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “lady”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8282a mistress, i.e. female noblelady, princess, queen.בַּמְּדִינ֔וֹתbamdinotin provinceמְדִינָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in province”, the ordinary formH4082properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region([idiom] every) province.הָיְתָ֖הhayetahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָמַֽסlamasto discomfitedמַסpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to discomfited”, the ordinary formH4522properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labordiscomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
HOW DOTH the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
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American Standard Version (1901)
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
Young’s Literal Translation
How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She hath become tributary!
World English Bible
How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!
Darby Translation
How doth the city sit solitary [that] was full of people! She that was great among the nations is become as a widow; the princess among the provinces is become tributary!
Douay-Rheims
Aleph. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! how is the mistress of the Gentiles become as a widow: the princes of provinces made tributary!
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
HOW DOTH the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
Aleph. How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! she is become as a widow: she that was magnified among the nations, and princess among the provinces, has become tributary.
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