King James Version

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

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נַחֲלָתֵ֨נוּ֙nachalatenvheritageנַחֲלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “heritage”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5159properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portionheritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare H5158 (נַחַל).נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣הnehefkhahchangeהָפַךְverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, 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).לְזָרִ֔יםlezarimto strangeזוּרpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “to strange”, the ordinary formH2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).בָּתֵּ֖ינוּbateynvfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…לְנָכְרִֽיםlenakherimto strangeנׇכְרִיpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “to strange”, the ordinary formH5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

Young’s Literal Translation

Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.

World English Bible

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Darby Translation

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Douay-Rheims

Our inheritance is turned to aliens: our houses to strangers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, our houses unto aliens.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κληρονομία ἡμῶν μετεστράθη ἀλλοτρίοις, οἱ οἶκοι ἡμῶν ξένοις.