The Meaning of Lamentations 3:46 Explained

Lamentations 3:46

KJV: All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

YLT: Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.

Darby: All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

ASV: All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All our enemies  have opened  their mouths  against us. 

What does Lamentations 3:46 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:46 mean?

Have opened against us their mouths all our enemies
פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־ אֹיְבֵֽינוּ

פָּצ֥וּ  Have  opened 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: פָּצָה  
Sense: to part, open, separate, set free.
עָלֵ֛ינוּ  against  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
פִּיהֶ֖ם  their  mouths 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
אֹיְבֵֽינוּ  our  enemies 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אֹיֵב  
Sense: (Qal) enemy.