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Lamentationschapter 3

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Lamentations 3— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Lamentations 3:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

דֹּ֣בdo[is] a bearH1677אֹרֵ֥בʾorevlying in waitH693הוּא֙hu'heH1931לִ֔יlito meאֲרִ֖יʾaryeha lionH738בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃bemistarimin hiding placesH4565

Rashi on Lamentations 3:10

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
He is a bear lying in wait for me. The Holy One, Blessed Is He, turned into a bear in wait for me. 7 Alternatively, bear refers to Nevuchadnetzar who lay in wait to attack the Bnei Yisroel who are symbolized by a lion. (Eichah Rabbah:4)

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

Lamentations 3:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

דְּרָכַ֥יderakhaiways myH1870סוֹרֵ֛רsorerhe has caused to deviateH5493וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִיvayfashecheniand he has torn in pieces meH6582שָׂמַ֥נִיsamanihe has made meH7760שֹׁמֵֽם׃shomemdesolateH8076

Rashi on Lamentations 3:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
He spread thorns across my roads. An expression of thorns, [meaning that] He “has strewn” them with thorns, [i.e.,] He scattered thorns on my ways. 8 Alternatively, ‘he forced me off my path.’ (Ibn Ezra)

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

Lamentations 3:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

דָּרַ֤ךְdarakhhe has bentH1869קַשְׁתוֹ֙kashtobow hisH7198וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִיvaiyatziveniand he has set up meH5324כַּמַּטָּרָ֖אkamatara'like <the> targetH4307לַחֵֽץ׃ סlachetzfor <the> arrowH2671

Rashi on Lamentations 3:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
[He] positioned me as a target. He set me up opposite His arrows to shoot at me like a target, 12 By having to hurdle over the thorns I was forced to slow down, thereby becoming an easy target for my enemy. (Lechem Dimah) aseneil in O.F.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

Lamentations 3:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

הֵבִיא֙hevi'he has broughtH935בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔יbekhilyotaiin kidneys myH3629בְּנֵ֖יbenei[the] sons ofH1121אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃ʾashpatoquiver hisH827

Rashi on Lamentations 3:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
The arrows of His quiver. Arrows that are put into the quiver, called cuivre [in O.F.].

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

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