Lamentations 4:5-8

4:5

feasted <0398> [that did.]

grew up <0539> [brought.]

amid <02263> [embrace.]

4:6

punishment .... people ... that <01323 02403 05771> [punishment of the iniquity of the daughter. or, iniquity of the daughter, etc.]

punishment ...... that <05771 02403> [the punishment.]

4:7

consecrated ones <05139> [Nazarites.]

brighter <02141> [purer.]

hair <01508> [their polishing.]

{Gizrathom,} rendered by Dr. Blayney, "their veining," from {gazar,} to divide, intersect, as the blue veins do the surface of the body. This is approved by Dr. A. Clarke, who remarks, "Milk will most certainly well apply to the whiteness of the skin; the beautiful ruby to the ruddiness of the flesh; and the sapphire, in its clear, transcendent purple, to the veins in a fine complexion."

4:8

appearance <08389> [visage.]

darker ... soot <07815 02821> [blacker than a coal. Heb. darker than blackness.]

Or, as Dr. Blayney renders, "duskier than the dawn;" {shachar} signifying "the dawn of the day, when it is neither light nor dark, but between both, at which time objects are not easily distinguished."

recognized <05234> [they.]

skin <05785> [their skin.]