Lam 4:7-8 | TSK | e4.org | Nazarites ; , , ; ; purer ; , ; ; their polishing Gizrathom rendered by Dr. Blayney, "their veining," from gazar to divide, intersect, as the blue veins do the surface of the body. This is approved by Dr. A. Clarke, who remarks, "Milk will most certainly well apply to the whiteness of the skin; the beautiful ruby to the ruddiness of the flesh; and the sapphire, in its clear, transcendent purple, to the veins in a fine complexion."

‏ Lamentations 4:7-8

Nazarites Num 6:2-21; Judg 13:5, Judg 13:7, Judg 16:17; Amos 2:11-12; Luke 1:15

purer 1Sam 16:12; Ps 51:7, Ps 144:12; Song 5:10; Dan 1:15

their polishing Gizrathom rendered by Dr. Blayney, "their veining," from gazar to divide, intersect, as the blue veins do the surface of the body. This is approved by Dr. A. Clarke, who remarks, "Milk will most certainly well apply to the whiteness of the skin; the beautiful ruby to the ruddiness of the flesh; and the sapphire, in its clear, transcendent purple, to the veins in a fine complexion."

visage Lam 5:10; Job 30:17-19, Job 30:30; Joel 2:6; Nah 2:10

blacker than a coal Heb. darker than blackness. Or, as Dr. Blayney renders, "duskier than the dawn;" shachar signifying "the dawn of the day, when it is neither light nor dark, but between both, at which time objects are not easily distinguished."

they Lam 4:1-2; Ruth 1:19-20; Job 2:12; Isa 52:14

their skin Job 19:20, Job 33:21; Ps 32:4, Ps 38:3, Ps 102:3-5, Ps 102:11, Ps 119:83