Lamentations 4:7-8

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.]