Lamentations

Lamentations 3:11–12

¹¹He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces;

He left me without help.

¹²He bent His bow

and set me as the target for His arrow.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He forced me off	סוֹרֵ֛ר	sō·w·rêr	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
my path	דְּרָכַ֥י	də·rā·ḵay	Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
and tore me to pieces	וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי	way·p̄aš·šə·ḥê·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H6582 tear in pieces
He left me	שָׂמַ֥נִי	śā·ma·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7760 put, place, set
without help	שֹׁמֵֽם׃	šō·mêm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H8076 devastated

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He bent	דָּרַ֤ךְ	dā·raḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1869 tread, march
His bow	קַשְׁתוֹ֙	qaš·ṯō	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7198 bow
and set me	וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי	way·yaṣ·ṣî·ḇê·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H5324 take one's stand, stand
as the target	כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א	kam·maṭ·ṭā·rā	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4307 jail, aim
for His arrow	לַחֵֽץ׃ס	la·ḥêṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2671 arrow

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 3:11 Hosea 6:1 · Job 16:12–13 · Lamentations 1:13

Lamentations 3:12 Psalm 38:2 · Job 7:20 · Lamentations 2:4 · Psalm 7:12–13 · Job 6:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.