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Behold, O LORD ; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. (KJV)
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רְאֵ֨הre.'Ehsee
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 1
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehO Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 2
כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 3
צַר\־tzar-distress
Lemma: צַר (tsar) · Strong's: H6862B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: distress
Used 31 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:30, Judges 11:7, 1 Samuel 13:6, 2 Samuel 22:7, 2 Samuel 24:14, 1 Chronicles 21:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6862B; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 4
מֵעַ֣יme.'Aiinward parts my
Lemma: מֵעֶה (me.eh) · Strong's: H4578
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: belly
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 25:23, Numbers 5:22, Ruth 1:11, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 16:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4578; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 5
חֳמַרְמָ֔רוּcho.mar.Ma.ruthey are in turmoil
Lemma: חָמַר (cha.mar) · Strong's: H2560A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to aggitate
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 46:3, Psalms 75:8, Lamentations 2:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2560A; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 6
נֶהְפַּ֤ךְneh.Pakhit has been overturned
Lemma: הָפַךְ (ha.phakh) · Strong's: H2015
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to overturn
Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:29, Exodus 7:15, Exodus 7:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2015; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 7
לִבִּי֙li.Biheart my
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 8
בְּקִרְבִּ֔יbe.kir.Biin inner being my
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7130G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrails: among
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 41:21, Genesis 45:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7130G; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 9
כִּ֥יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 10
מָר֖וֹma.Roextremely <be rebellious>
Lemma: מָרָה (ma.rah) · Strong's: H4784
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to rebel
Used 45 times. Also: Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:24, Numbers 27:14, Deuteronomy 1:26, Deuteronomy 1:43, Deuteronomy 9:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4784; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 11
מָרִ֑יתִיma.Ri.tiI have been rebellious
Lemma: מָרָה (ma.rah) · Strong's: H4784
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to rebel
Used 45 times. Also: Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:24, Numbers 27:14, Deuteronomy 1:26, Deuteronomy 1:43, Deuteronomy 9:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4784; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 12
מִח֥וּץmi.Chutzfrom outside
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 13
שִׁכְּלָה\־shi.ke.lah-it has bereaved
Lemma: שָׁכֹל (sha.khol) · Strong's: H7921A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpp3fs)
Meaning: be bereaved
Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 42:36, Genesis 43:14, Exodus 23:26, Leviticus 26:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7921A; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 14
חֶ֖רֶבChe.reva sword
Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: sword
Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 15
בַּבַּ֥יִתba.Ba.yit[is] in the house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 16
כַּמָּֽוֶת\׃\ \סka.Ma.vetlike <the> death
Lemma: מָ֫וֶת (ma.vet) · Strong's: H4194
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: death
Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 27:2, Genesis 27:7, Genesis 27:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4194; TAHOT Lamentations 1:20 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| See | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| O LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| how | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| distressed | → | צַר H6862B distress |
| I [am] | → | |
| I am churning | → | חָמַר H2560A to aggitate |
| within | → | מֵעֶה H4578 belly |
| my heart | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| is pounding | → | הָפַךְ H2015 to overturn |
| within me | → | קֶ֫רֶב H7130G entrails: among |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I have been most rebellious | → | מָרָה H4784 to rebel |
| . . . | → | מָרָה H4784 to rebel |
| Outside | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
| the sword | → | חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword |
| bereaves | → | שָׁכֹל H7921A be bereaved |
| inside | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| there is death | → | מָ֫וֶת H4194 death |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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