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I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. (KJV)
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הָיִ֤יתִיha.Yi.tiI have become
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Lamentations 3:14 word 1
שְּׂחֹק֙se.Choka laughingstock
Lemma: שְׂחֹק (se.choq) · Strong's: H7814
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: laughter
Used 15 times. Also: Job 8:21, Job 12:4, Psalms 126:2, Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 14:13, Ecclesiastes 2:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7814; TAHOT Lamentations 3:14 word 2
לְכָל\־le.kholto all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Lamentations 3:14 word 3
עַמִּ֔י'a.Mipeople my
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:14 word 4
נְגִינָתָ֖םne.gi.na.Tamtaunt song their
Lemma: נְגִינָה (ne.gi.nah) · Strong's: H5058
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: music
Used 14 times. Also: Job 30:9, Psalms 4:0, Psalms 6:0, Psalms 54:0, Psalms 55:0, Psalms 61:0 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5058; TAHOT Lamentations 3:14 word 5
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Lamentations 3:14 word 6
הַיּֽוֹם\׃hai.Yomthe day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:14 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I am | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| a laughingstock | → | שְׂחֹק H7814 laughter |
| to all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| my people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| they mock me in song | → | נְגִינָה H5058 music |
| all day long | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
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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