The Meaning of Lamentations 5:12 Explained

Lamentations 5:12

KJV: Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

YLT: Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.

Darby: Princes were hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not honoured.

ASV: Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Princes  are hanged up  by their hand:  the faces  of elders  were not honoured. 

What does Lamentations 5:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 5

1  A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God

What do the individual words in Lamentations 5:12 mean?

Princes by their hands were hung up the faces elders not and were respected
שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ

שָׂרִים֙  Princes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: סָרַר 
Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain.
בְּיָדָ֣ם  by  their  hands 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
נִתְל֔וּ  were  hung  up 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: תָּלָה  
Sense: to hang.
פְּנֵ֥י  the  faces 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
זְקֵנִ֖ים  elders 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: זָקֵן  
Sense: old.
נֶהְדָּֽרוּ  and  were  respected 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: הֲדוּרִים 
Sense: to honour, adorn, glorify, be high.