כְּ/אוֹיֵ֗ב
𐤊/𐤀𐤅𐤉𐤁
ʼôyêb
like an enemy
An adversary or enemy, specifically one who bears enmity or hostility toward another individual or group. The term encompasses both personal and collective opposition, often referring to enemies in armed conflict, but also extending to any context of antagonism or active opposition. In the Hebrew Bible, it designates those opposed to individuals (e.g., David's personal enemies), to the people as a group (Israelites' national foes), or, metaphorically, to abstract or cosmic adversaries.
Lamentations 2:4 · Word #3
Lexicon H341
| Lemma | אֹיֵב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤉𐤁 |
| Transliteration | ʼôyêb |
| Strong's | H341 |
| Definition | An adversary or enemy, specifically one who bears enmity or hostility toward another individual or group. The term encompasses both personal and collective opposition, often referring to enemies in armed conflict, but also extending to any context of antagonism or active opposition. In the Hebrew Bible, it designates those opposed to individuals (e.g., David's personal enemies), to the people as a group (Israelites' national foes), or, metaphorically, to abstract or cosmic adversaries. |
Morphology HR/Vqrmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | like an enemy |
SIBI-P1 Translation H341-03
like a hostile one
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine singular absolute, with prefixed preposition כְּ ("like/as"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The form is the Qal active participle masculine singular of איב functioning nominally, meaning "one who is hostile, enemy," with the prefixed preposition כְּ indicating comparison ("like/as"). The rendering preserves the participial sense and the comparative prefix. |
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