Lamentations

Lamentations 3:54–55

⁵⁴The waters flowed over my head,

and I thought I was going to die.

⁵⁵I called on Your name, O LORD,

out of the depths of the Pit.

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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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I called on	קָרָ֤אתִי	qā·rā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Your name	שִׁמְךָ֙	šim·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8034 name
O LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
out of the depths	תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃	taḥ·tî·yō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8482 lower, lowest
of the Pit	מִבּ֖וֹר	mib·bō·wr	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H953 pit, cistern, well

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

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

Lamentations 3:55 Acts 16:24–28

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.