Lamentations
Lamentations 3:39
39Why should any mortal man complain,
in view of his sins?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| should any mortal | חָ֔י | ḥāy | Adjective - masculine singular | H2416 alive, living |
| man | אָדָ֣ם | ’ā·ḏām | Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| complain | יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙ | yiṯ·’ō·w·nên | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H596 complain, murmur |
| in view of | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| sins | חֶטְאוֹ׃ס | ḥɛṭ·ʾō | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H2399 sin |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 19:3 · Micah 7:9 · Genesis 4:5–7 · Jeremiah 30:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.