Original Language Studio
Lamentations 2:9
“Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2883 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to sink
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- drown, fasten, settle, sink.
- Grammar
- טָבְע֤וּ — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 15:41 Samuel 17:49Job 38:6Psalms 9:16Psalms 69:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read טָבַע here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.