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Lamentations 4

Lam. 4:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Her Nazarites
naziyr (Hebrew #5139)
from 5144; separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
KJV usage: Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.
Pronounce: naw-zeer'
Origin: or nazir {naw-zeer'}
were purer
zakak (Hebrew #2141)
to be transparent or clean (phys. or morally)
KJV usage: be (make) clean, be pure(-r).
Pronounce: zaw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2135)
than snow
sheleg (Hebrew #7950)
snow (probably from its whiteness)
KJV usage: snow(-y).
Pronounce: sheh'-leg
Origin: from 7949
, they were whiter
tsachach (Hebrew #6705)
to glare, i.e. be dazzling white
KJV usage: be whiter.
Pronounce: tsaw-khakh'
Origin: a primitive root
than milk
chalab (Hebrew #2461)
milk (as the richness of kine)
KJV usage: + cheese, milk, sucking.
Pronounce: khaw-lawb'
Origin: from the same as 2459
, they were more ruddy
'adam (Hebrew #119)
to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy
KJV usage: be (dyed, made) red (ruddy).
Pronounce: aw-dam'
in body
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
than rubies
paniyn (Hebrew #6443)
from the same as 6434; probably a pearl (as round)
KJV usage: ruby.
Pronounce: paw-neen'
Origin: or paniy {paw-nee'}
, their polishing
gizrah (Hebrew #1508)
the figure or person (as if cut out); also an inclosure (as separated)
KJV usage: polishing, separate place.
Pronounce: ghiz-raw'
Origin: feminine of 1506
was of sapphire
cappiyr (Hebrew #5601)
a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
KJV usage: sapphire.
Pronounce: sap-peer'
Origin: from 5608
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Nazarites.
Num. 6:2‑21• 2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord:
3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
4All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
5All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
6All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.
7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
8All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord.
9And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
10And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
11And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
12And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
13And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
14And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
15And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
16And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
17And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
18And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
20And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
21This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
(Num. 6:2‑21)
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Judg. 13:5,7• 5For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
7But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
(Judg. 13:5,7)
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Judg. 16:17• 17That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. (Judg. 16:17)
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Amos 2:11‑12• 11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
(Amos 2:11‑12)
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Luke 1:15• 15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. (Luke 1:15)
purer.
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."
 {v.7-8} Nor does any consecration to God avail to shelter: so complete the ruin, so unsparing the vengeance. (Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 4:1-11 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Her Nazaritesf were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their figure was as sapphire.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "princes."