Lamentations 3:1 Go deeper

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אֲנִ֤י'a.NiI

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Lamentations 3:1 word 1

הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ha.Ge.ver[am] the man

Lemma: גָּבֶר (ga.ver) · Strong's: H1397

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: great man

Used 65 times. Also: Exodus 10:11, Exodus 12:37, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:15, Deuteronomy 22:5, Joshua 7:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1397; TAHOT Lamentations 3:1 word 2

רָאָ֣הra.'Ah[who] he has seen

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

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 3:1 word 3

עֳנִ֔י'o.Niaffliction

Lemma: עֳנִי (o.ni) · Strong's: H6040

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: affliction

Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 16:11, Genesis 29:32, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 41:52, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6040; TAHOT Lamentations 3:1 word 4

בְּשֵׁ֖בֶטbe.She.vetby [the] rod of

Lemma: שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) · Strong's: H7626G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: tribe: staff

Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 49:10, Exodus 21:20, Leviticus 27:32, Numbers 24:17, Judges 5:14, 2 Samuel 7:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7626G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:1 word 5

עֶבְרָתֽוֹ\׃ev.ra.Tofury his

Lemma: עֶבְרָה (ev.rah) · Strong's: H5678

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: fury

Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 49:7, Job 21:30, Job 40:11, Psalms 7:6, Psalms 78:49, Psalms 85:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5678; TAHOT Lamentations 3:1 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
am the man	→	גָּבֶר H1397 great man
who has seen	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
affliction	→	עֳנִי H6040 affliction
under the rod	→	שֵׁ֫בֶט H7626G tribe: staff
of [God’s] wrath	→	עֶבְרָה H5678 fury

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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