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Lamentations 5:15

In Lamentations 5 of Lamentations.

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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שָׁבַת֙shavatceaseשָׁבַתverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cease”, a completed actionH7673to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)(cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.מְשׂ֣וֹשׂmesosmirthמָשׂוֹשׂnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “mirth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4885delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)joy, mirth, rejoice.לִבֵּ֔נוּlibenvcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…נֶהְפַּ֥ךְnehpakhchangeהָפַךְverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “change”, a completed actionH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).לְאֵ֖בֶלleevelto mourningאֵבֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to mourning”, the ordinary formH60lamentationmourning.מְחֹלֵֽנוּmecholenvdanceמָחוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “dance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4234a (round) dancedance(-cing).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

Young’s Literal Translation

Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

World English Bible

The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.

Darby Translation

The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Douay-Rheims

The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατέλυσε χαρὰ καρδίας ἡμῶν, ἐστράφη εἰς πένθος ὁ χορὸς ἡμῶν·

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