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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• 2{i}Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them{/i}, when either a man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto Jehovah:
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 husks.
5All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head; {i}until the days be fulfilled, that he hath consecrated himself to Jehovah, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.{/i}
6{i}All the days that he hath consecrated himself to Jehovah, he shall come near no dead body.{/i}
7{i}He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister when they die;{/i} because the consecration of his God was upon his head.
8All the days of his separation he is holy unto Jehovah.
9{i}And if any one die unexpectedly by him suddenly, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day shall he shave it.{/i}
10{i}And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.{/i}
11{i}And the priest shall offer 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 person; and he shall hallow his head that same day.{/i}
12{i}And he shall again consecrate to Jehovah the days of his separation, and shall bring a yearling lamb for a trespass-offering. But the first days are forfeited, for his consecration hath been defiled.{/i}
13{i}And this is the law of the Nazarite on the day when the days of his consecration are fulfilled: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting.{/i}
14And he shall offer his offering unto Jehovah, 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 meal-offering, and their drink-offerings.
16{i}And the priest shall present them before Jehovah, and shall offer his sin-offering and his burnt-offering:{/i}
17{i}and he shall offer the ram, a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also his oblation and his drink-offering.{/i}
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 a 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 Jehovah; {i}it is holy for the priest, with the breast of the wave-offering and with the shoulder of the heave-offering; and afterwards the Nazarite may drink wine.{/i}
21{i}This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed: his offering to Jehovah for his consecration, beside what his hand is able to get; according to the vow which he vowed, so shall he do, according to the law of his consecration.{/i}
(Num. 6:2‑21)
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Judg. 13:5,7• 5{i}For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head;{/i} 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.
7{i}And he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not anything unclean; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb to the day of his death.{/i}
(Judg. 13:5,7)
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Judg. 16:17• 17{i}and he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor upon my head; for I am a Nazarite of God from my mother's womb; if I should be shaven, then my strength would go from me, and I should be weak, and be like all mankind.{/i} (Judg. 16:17)
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Amos 2:11‑12• 11{i}And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.{/i}
12{i}And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.{/i}
(Amos 2:11‑12)
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Luke 1:15• 15He shall be great before [the] Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with [the] Holy Spirit 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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Her Nazarites were brighter than snow, they were whiter than milk;{HR}They were more ruddy in body than rubies, theira cutting (shape) of sapphire.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, coral.