Lamentations

Lamentations 3:18–21

¹⁸So I say, “My strength has perished,

along with my hope from the LORD.”

¹⁹Remember my affliction and wandering,

the wormwood and the gall.

²⁰Surely my soul remembers

and is humbled within me.

²¹Yet I call this to mind,

and therefore I have hope:

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.

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

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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	זָכ֣וֹר	zā·ḵō·wr	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H2142 remember
my soul	נַפְשִֽׁי׃	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
remembers	תִּזְכּ֔וֹר	tiz·kō·wr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2142 remember
and is humbled	וְתָשִׁיחַ	wə·ṯå̄·šī·aḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7743 sink down
within me	עָלַ֖י	‘ā·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet I call	אָשִׁ֥יב	’ā·šîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
this	זֹ֛את	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
mind	לִבִּ֖י	lib·bî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
and therefore	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
I have hope	אוֹחִֽיל׃ס	’ō·w·ḥîl	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3176 wait