Lamentations
Lamentations 3:43–44
43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us;
You have killed without pity.
44You have covered Yourself with a cloud
that no prayer can pass through.
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 3:43
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You have covered | סַכֹּ֤תָה | sak·kō·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H5526 overshadow, screen, cover |
| Yourself in anger | בָאַף֙ | ḇā·’ap̄ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H639 nostril, nose, face, anger |
| and pursued us | וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ | wat·tir·də·p̄ê·nū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common plural | H7291 pursue, chase, persecute |
| You have killed | הָרַ֖גְתָּ | hā·raḡ·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2026 kill, slay |
| without | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| pity | חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ | ḥā·mā·lə·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2550 spare |
Lamentations 3:44
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You have covered | סַכּ֤וֹתָה | sak·kō·w·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H5526 overshadow, screen, cover |
| Yourself | לָ֔ךְ | lāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | |
| with a cloud | בֶֽעָנָן֙ | ḇe·‘ā·nān | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6051 cloud-mass, cloud |
| that no prayer | תְּפִלָּֽה׃ | tə·p̄il·lāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8605 prayer |
| can pass through | מֵעֲב֖וֹר | mê·‘ă·ḇō·wr | Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Lamentations 3:43 Lamentations 2:21 · Lamentations 2:17 · Lamentations 2:1–2 · Psalm 83:15 · Lamentations 3:66
Lamentations 3:44 Lamentations 3:8 · Zechariah 7:13 · Psalm 97:2 · Jeremiah 15:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.