Lamentations
Lamentations 3:15–19
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.
17My soul has been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18So I say, “My strength has perished,
along with my hope from the LORD.”
19Remember my affliction and wandering,
the wormwood and the gall.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Lamentations 3:15
| 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 |
Lamentations 3:16
| 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 |
Lamentations 3:17
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My soul | נַפְשִׁ֖י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| has been deprived | וַתִּזְנַ֧ח | wat·tiz·naḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H2186 reject, spurn |
| of peace | מִשָּׁל֛וֹם | miš·šā·lō·wm | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace |
| I have forgotten | נָשִׁ֥יתִי | nā·šî·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5382 forget |
| what prosperity is | טוֹבָֽה׃ | ṭō·w·ḇāh | Noun - feminine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
Lamentations 3:18
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So I say | וָאֹמַר֙ | wā·’ō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| My strength | נִצְחִ֔י | niṣ·ḥî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity |
| has perished | אָבַ֣ד | ’ā·ḇaḏ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6 perish |
| along with my hope | וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י | wə·ṯō·w·ḥal·tî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H8431 hope |
| from the LORD | מֵיְהוָֽה׃ס | Yah·weh | Preposition-m; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Lamentations 3:19
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remember | זְכָר־ | zə·ḵār- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H2142 remember |
| my affliction | עָנְיִ֥י | ‘ā·nə·yî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H6040 affliction, poverty |
| and wandering | וּמְרוּדִ֖י | ū·mə·rū·ḏî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H4788 restlessness, straying (?) |
| the wormwood | לַעֲנָ֥ה | la·‘ă·nāh | Noun - feminine singular | H3939 wormwood |
| and the gall | וָרֹֽאשׁ׃ | wā·rōš | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H7219 head |
Cross-references
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
Lamentations 3:17 Isaiah 59:11 · Isaiah 54:10 · Job 7:7 · Zechariah 8:10 · Jeremiah 8:15 · Genesis 41:30 · Jeremiah 16:5 · Jeremiah 14:19 · Isaiah 38:17 · Psalm 119:155 · Lamentations 1:16 · Jeremiah 20:14–18
Lamentations 3:18 Job 17:15 · 1 Samuel 27:1
Lamentations 3:19 Lamentations 3:15 · Lamentations 3:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.