Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks. Young's Literal Translation Howl, O gate; cry, O city, Melted art thou, Philistia, all of thee, For from the north smoke hath come, And there is none alone in his set places. King James Bible Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, [art] dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone in his appointed times. Hebrew Wail,הֵילִ֤ילִֽי (hê·lî·lî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 3213: To howl, make a howling O gate! שַׁ֙עַר֙ (ša·‘ar) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate Cry out, זַֽעֲקִי־ (za·‘ă·qî-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly O city! עִ֔יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement Melt away, נָמ֖וֹג (nā·mō·wḡ) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 4127: To melt all כֻּלֵּ֑ךְ (kul·lêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every you Philistines! פְּלֶ֣שֶׁת (pə·le·šeṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6429: Philistia -- a territory on the southern Mediterranean coast of Israel For כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction a cloud of smoke עָשָׁ֣ן (‘ā·šān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6227: Smoke comes בָּ֔א (bā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go from the north, מִצָּפוֹן֙ (miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter and there are no וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle stragglers בּוֹדֵ֖ד (bō·w·ḏêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 909: To be separate, isolated in its ranks. בְּמוֹעָדָֽיו׃ (bə·mō·w·‘ā·ḏāw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4151: An assembly , a troop |