Lamentations

Lamentations 3:15–16

¹⁵He has filled me with bitterness;

He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

¹⁶He has ground my teeth with gravel

and trampled me in the dust.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He has filled me	הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי	hiś·bî·‘a·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
with bitterness	בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים	ḇam·mə·rō·w·rîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4844 bitter thing, bitter herb
He has intoxicated me	הִרְוַ֥נִי	hir·wa·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7301 be saturated, drink one's fill
with wormwood	לַעֲנָֽה׃ס	la·‘ă·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H3939 wormwood

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He has ground	וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס	way·yaḡ·rês	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1638 be crushed
my teeth	שִׁנָּ֔י	šin·nāy	Noun - cdc; first person common singular	H8127 tooth, ivory
with gravel	בֶּֽחָצָץ֙	be·ḥā·ṣāṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2687 gravel
and trampled me	הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי	hiḵ·pî·ša·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H3728 make bent, press or bend together
in the dust	בָּאֵֽפֶר׃	bā·’ê·p̄er	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H665 ashes

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

Lamentations 3:15 Jeremiah 9:15

Lamentations 3:16 Proverbs 20:17 · Jeremiah 6:26 · Psalm 58:6 · Psalm 3:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.