Lamentations 5:10
"Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Our skin was black like an oven, because of the terrible famine. Or "terrors and horrors of famine"; which are very dreadful and distressing: or, "the storms of famine"; see

Psa 11:6 ; or, "burning winds" (u); such as are frequent in Africa and Asia; to which the famine is compared that was in Jerusalem, at the siege of it, both by the Chaldeans and Romans; and as an oven, furnace, or chimney becomes black by the smoke of the fire burnt in it, or under it; so the skins of the Jews became black through these burning winds and storms, or burnings of famine; see Lam 4:8 . So Jarchi says the word has the signification of "burning"; for famine as it were burns up the bodies of men when most vehement. (u) "horrorum famis", Montanus; "terrores, vel tremores", Vatablus; "procellas famis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "exustiones", Pagninus, Calvin; "adustiones famis", Stockius, p. 281.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H5785 עוֹר
Definition:

5skin( Late Hebrewid.; PhoenicianערתLzb346); —׳עabsoluteGenesis 3:21+, constructExodus 34:29+; suffixעֹרוֺExodus 29:14+,עוֺרוֺJeremiah 13:23,עֹרָהּNumbers 19:5, etc.; plural constructעֹרֹתGenesis 27:1 5skin( Late Hebrewid.; PhoenicianערתLzb346); —׳עabsoluteGenesis 3:21+, constructExodus 34:29+; suffixעֹרוֺExodus 29:14+,עוֺרוֺJeremiah 13:23,עֹרָהּNumbers 19:5, etc.; plural constructעֹרֹתGenesis 27:1

Possible Meanings:
  • chaff (semantic_range)
H8574 תַּנּוּר
Definition:

26portablestove or fire-pot(loan-word from Assyriantinûru,id., according to DHMVOJ i. 23(otherwise DvorakZK i. 155 ff.);׳ת, a large earthen jar, still in Syria, WetzstVerhandl. d. Berl. Anthrop. Gesel 26portablestove or fire-pot(loan-word from Assyriantinûru,id., according to DHMVOJ i. 23(otherwise DvorakZK i. 155 ff.);׳ת, a large earthen jar, still in Syria, WetzstVerhandl. d. Berl. Anthrop. Gesel

H3648 כְּמַר
Definition:

302t.,נִכְמָ֑רוּLamentations 5:10; —1grow warmandtender, figurative, subjectרחמים;׳רַחֲמָיו אֶלאָֿחִיונGenesis 43:30(J), soרַחֲמֶיהָ עַלבְּֿנָהּ׳נ1 Kings 3:26; (רַחֲמָ֑יWe)נִחוּמָ֑י׳יַחַד נHosea 11:8( 302t.,נִכְמָ֑רוּLamentations 5:10; —1grow warmandtender, figurative, subjectרחמים;׳רַחֲמָיו אֶלאָֿחִיונGenesis 43:30(J), soרַחֲמֶיהָ עַלבְּֿנָהּ׳נ1 Kings 3:26; (רַחֲמָ֑יWe)נִחוּמָ֑י׳יַחַד נHosea 11:8(

Possible Meanings:
  • idol- (semantic_range)
  • priest (semantic_range)
H6440 פָנִים
Definition:

23and (Ezekiel =Proverbs 21:21=edge; on2 Samuel 10:9see below)feminineface, alsofaces(asturnedtoward one); — plural absoluteמָּנִיםGenesis 32:31+; constructמְּנֵי2 Samuel 14:32+; suffix 1 singularמָּנ 23and (Ezekiel =Proverbs 21:21=edge; on2 Samuel 10:9see below)feminineface, alsofaces(asturnedtoward one); — plural absoluteמָּנִיםGenesis 32:31+; constructמְּנֵי2 Samuel 14:32+; suffix 1 singularמָּנ

H2152 זַלְעָפָה
Definition:

53; plural absoluteזִלְעָפוֺתPsalm 11:6; constructזִלְעֲפוֺתLamentations 5:10; —1of fever heat of famineרָעָב׳זLamentations 5:10.2of burning wind׳רוּח זPsalm 11:6(in figurative of׳יs judgment, withאֵש 53; plural absoluteזִלְעָפוֺתPsalm 11:6; constructזִלְעֲפוֺתLamentations 5:10; —1of fever heat of famineרָעָב׳זLamentations 5:10.2of burning wind׳רוּח זPsalm 11:6(in figurative of׳יs judgment, withאֵש

Possible Meanings:
  • raging heat (semantic_range)
H7458 רָעָב
Definition:

1famine, hunger; — absolute׳רGenesis 12:10+; suffixרְעָבָםNehemiah 9:15;1famine(in land, nation or city),Genesis 12:10;Genesis 26:1;Genesis 41:30,31;Exodus 16:3;2 Samuel 21:1;2 Samuel 24:13=2 Kings 4: 1famine, hunger; — absolute׳רGenesis 12:10+; suffixרְעָבָםNehemiah 9:15;1famine(in land, nation or city),Genesis 12:10;Genesis 26:1;Genesis 41:30,31;Exodus 16:3;2 Samuel 21:1;2 Samuel 24:13=2 Kings 4:

Possible Meanings:
  • hungry (semantic_range)

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