Lamentations

Lamentations 3:6–7

⁶He has made me dwell in darkness

like those dead for ages.

⁷He has walled me in so I cannot escape;

He has weighed me down with chains.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He has made me dwell	הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי	hō·wō·šî·ḇa·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in darkness	בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים	bə·ma·ḥă·šak·kîm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H4285 dark place
like those dead	כְּמֵתֵ֥י	kə·mê·ṯê	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H4191 die
for ages	עוֹלָֽם׃ס	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He has walled me in	גָּדַ֧ר	gā·ḏar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1443 wall up or off, build a wall
so I cannot	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
escape	אֵצֵ֖א	’ê·ṣê	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3318 go or come out
He has weighed me down	הִכְבִּ֥יד	hiḵ·bîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
with chains	נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃	nə·ḥā·šə·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5178 copper, bronze

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

Lamentations 3:6 Psalm 88:5–6 · Psalm 143:3

Lamentations 3:7 Job 19:8 · Job 3:23 · Jeremiah 38:6 · Hosea 2:6 · Lamentations 1:14 · Psalm 88:8 · Jeremiah 40:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.