Lamentations

Lamentations 3:19–20

¹⁹Remember my affliction and wandering,

the wormwood and the gall.

²⁰Surely my soul remembers

and is humbled within me.

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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

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

Lamentations 3:19 Lamentations 3:15 · Lamentations 3:5

Lamentations 3:20 Psalm 42:5–6 · Psalm 42:11 · Job 21:6 · Psalm 43:5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.