Tag Archives: Lamentations 5:18

עַ֤ל הַר־צִיֹּון֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֹֽו׃ (Lamentations 5:18) Upon Mount Zion, which is desolate, foxes walk about it. Desolation’s Location: עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן עַל (“upon”) is a preposition introducing the place affected. הַר־צִיּוֹן — “Mount Tsiyyon (Zion),” a construct phrase with the article prefixed to הַר (“mountain”) and bound to צִיּוֹן (Zion) This locates the tragedy not just geographically but symbolically — Zion was the site of the temple, God’s dwelling place, now devastated. Relative Clause: שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שֶׁ is a relative pronoun (“which, that”) introducing a descriptive clause.… Learn Hebrew