Lamentations
Lamentations 3:40–41
40Let us examine and test our ways,
and turn back to the LORD.
41Let us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in heaven:
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Lamentations 3:40
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let us examine | נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה | naḥ·pə·śāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H2664 search |
| and test | וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה | wə·naḥ·qō·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H2713 search |
| our ways | דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ | ḏə·rā·ḵê·nū | Noun - common plural construct; first person common plural | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| and turn back | וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה | wə·nā·šū·ḇāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| to | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| the LORD | יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Lamentations 3:41
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let us lift up | נִשָּׂ֤א | niś·śā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| our hearts | לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ | lə·ḇā·ḇê·nū | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| and hands | כַּפָּ֔יִם | kap·pā·yim | Noun - fd | H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| God | אֵ֖ל | ’êl | Noun - masculine singular | H410 god |
| in heaven | בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | baš·šā·mā·yim | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Lamentations 3:40 2 Corinthians 13:5 · Psalm 139:23–24 · Joel 2:12–13 · Isaiah 55:7 · Psalm 4:4 · Psalm 119:59 · Haggai 1:5–9 · Hosea 6:1 · Hosea 14:1–3 · 1 Corinthians 11:28 · 2 Chronicles 30:9 · Ezekiel 18:28
Lamentations 3:41 Psalm 25:1 · Psalm 28:2 · Psalm 143:6–8 · Psalm 86:4 · 1 Thessalonians 2:8 · Psalm 63:4 · Psalm 141:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.