Psalm 78:64
Strong's Lexicon
His priests
כֹּ֭הֲנָיו (kō·hă·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3548: 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest

fell
נָפָ֑לוּ (nā·p̄ā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5307: 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon 1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself 1d) (Pilel) to fall

by the sword,
בַּחֶ֣רֶב (ba·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: 1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone

but His widows
וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו (wə·’al·mə·nō·ṯāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 490: 1) widow

could not
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

lament.
תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ (ṯiḇ·ke·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1058: 1) to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy) 1a2) to weep bitterly (with cognate acc.) 1a3) to weep upon (embrace and weep) 1a4) to bewail 1b) (Piel) participle 1b1) lamenting 1b2) bewailing

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

Young's Literal Translation
His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His priests fell by the sword, but the widows could not lament.

New American Standard Bible
His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.

King James Bible
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep.

New Living Translation
Their priests were slaughtered, and their widows could not mourn their deaths.

English Standard Version
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

New American Standard Bible
His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.

King James Bible
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His priests fell by the sword, but the widows could not lament.

International Standard Version
The priests fell by the sword, yet their widows couldn't weep.

NET Bible
Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

American Standard Version
Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

English Revised Version
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Young's Literal Translation
His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
















Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

Job 27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

Lamentations 2:20
Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Ezekiel 24:23
And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 78:63
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

Psalm 78:62
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

Psalm 78:61
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

Psalm 78:65
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

Psalm 78:66
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
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