The Meaning of Lamentations 5:15 Explained

Lamentations 5:15

KJV: The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

YLT: Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

Darby: The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

ASV: The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The joy  of our heart  is ceased;  our dance  is turned  into mourning. 

What does Lamentations 5:15 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Joy had left the hearts of the people, and they mourned so sadly that they could not bring themselves to dance. The eventual result of sin is the absence of joy.

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 5

1  A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God

What do the individual words in Lamentations 5:15 mean?

Has ceased the joy of our heart has turned into mourning Our dance
שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ

שָׁבַת֙  Has  ceased 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁבַת 
Sense: to cease, desist, rest.
מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ  the  joy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָשֹׂושׂ 
Sense: exultation, joy, rejoicing.
לִבֵּ֔נוּ  of  our  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ  has  turned 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָפַךְ  
Sense: to turn, overthrow, overturn.
לְאֵ֖בֶל  into  mourning 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵבֶל  
Sense: mourning.
מְחֹלֵֽנוּ  Our  dance 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: מָחֹול  
Sense: dance, dancing.

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