Lamentations

Lamentations 3:53–54

⁵³They dropped me alive into a pit

and cast stones upon me.

⁵⁴The waters flowed over my head,

and I thought I was going to die.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They dropped me	צָֽמְת֤וּ	ṣā·mə·ṯū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6789 put an end to, exterminate
alive	חַיָּ֔י	ḥay·yāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H2416 alive, living
into a pit	בַבּוֹר֙	ḇab·bō·wr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H953 pit, cistern, well
and cast	וַיַּדּוּ־	way·yad·dū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3034 throw, cast
stones	אֶ֖בֶן	’e·ḇen	Noun - feminine singular	H68 stone
upon me	בִּֽי׃	bî	Preposition; first person common singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The waters	מַ֥יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
flowed	צָֽפוּ־	ṣā·p̄ū-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6687 flow, overflow, [float]
over	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
my head	רֹאשִׁ֖י	rō·šî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7218 head
and I thought	אָמַ֥רְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
I was going to die	נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ס	niḡ·zā·rə·tî	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular	H1504 cut, divide

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

Lamentations 3:53 Jeremiah 38:6 · Jeremiah 38:9 · Daniel 6:17 · Jeremiah 37:16

Lamentations 3:54 Jonah 2:3–5 · Ezekiel 37:11 · Psalm 18:4 · 2 Corinthians 1:8–10 · Psalm 69:1–2 · Lamentations 3:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.