KJV: I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
YLT: I called for my lovers, they -- they have deceived me, My priests and my elders in the city have expired; When they have sought food for themselves, Then they give back their soul.
Darby: I called for my lovers, they have deceived me; my priests and mine elders have expired in the city, while they sought them food to revive their soul.
ASV: I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls.
| קָרָ֤אתִי | I called |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: קָרָא Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim. |
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| לַֽמְאַהֲבַי֙ | for my lovers |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural construct, first person common singular Root: אָהַב Sense: to love. |
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| רִמּ֔וּנִי | [But] deceived me |
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Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural, first person common singular Root: רָמָה Sense: to cast, shoot, hurl. |
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| כֹּהֲנַ֥י | My priests |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular Root: כֹּהֵן Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler. |
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| וּזְקֵנַ֖י | and my elders |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine plural construct, first person common singular Root: זָקֵן Sense: old. |
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| בָּעִ֣יר | in the city |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish. |
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| גָּוָ֑עוּ | Breathed their last |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: גָּוַע Sense: to expire, die, perish, give up the ghost, yield up the ghost, be dead, be ready to die. |
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| כִּֽי־ | while |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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| בִקְשׁ֥וּ | sought |
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Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural Root: בָּקַשׁ Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request. |
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| אֹ֙כֶל֙ | food |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אֹכֶל Sense: food. |
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| וְיָשִׁ֖יבוּ | and to restore |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back. |
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| אֶת־ | - |
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Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative. |
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| נַפְשָֽׁם | their life |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion. |
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| ס | - |
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Parse: Punctuation |
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