The Meaning of Lamentations 5:14 Explained

Lamentations 5:14

KJV: The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

YLT: The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

Darby: The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

ASV: The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The elders  have ceased  from the gate,  the young men  from their musick. 

What does Lamentations 5:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 5

1  A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God

What do the individual words in Lamentations 5:14 mean?

The elders at] the gate have ceased [gathering] and the young men from their music
זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם

זְקֵנִים֙  The  elders 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: זָקֵן  
Sense: old.
מִשַּׁ֣עַר  at]  the  gate 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
שָׁבָ֔תוּ  have  ceased  [gathering] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁבַת 
Sense: to cease, desist, rest.
בַּחוּרִ֖ים  and  the  young  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בָּחוּר 
Sense: youth, young man.
מִנְּגִינָתָֽם  from  their  music 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נְגִינָה  
Sense: music, song, taunt song.