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He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. (KJV)

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וַיַּגְרֵ֤סvai.yag.Resand he has broken

Lemma: גָּרַס (ga.ras) · Strong's: H1638

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to break

Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 119:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1638; TAHOT Lamentations 3:16 word 1

בֶּֽחָצָץ֙be.cha.Tzatzwith <the> gravel

Lemma: חָצָץ (cha.tsats) · Strong's: H2687

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

Meaning: gravel

Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 20:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2687; TAHOT Lamentations 3:16 word 2

שִׁנָּ֔יshi.Naiteeth my

Lemma: שֵׁן (shen) · Strong's: H8127G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: tooth

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 49:12, Exodus 21:24, Exodus 21:27, Leviticus 24:20, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 19:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8127G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:16 word 3

הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִיhikh.pi.Sha.nihe has made cower me

Lemma: כָּפַשׁ (ka.phash) · Strong's: H3728

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)

Meaning: to cower

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3728; TAHOT Lamentations 3:16 word 4

בָּאֵֽפֶר\׃ba.'E.ferin <the> ash[es]

Lemma: אֵ֫פֶר (e.pher) · Strong's: H0665

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

Meaning: ashes

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Numbers 19:9, Numbers 19:10, 2 Samuel 13:19, Esther 4:1, Esther 4:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0665; TAHOT Lamentations 3:16 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

He has ground	→	גָּרַס H1638 to break
my teeth	→	שֵׁן H8127G tooth
with gravel	→	חָצָץ H2687 gravel
and trampled me	→	כָּפַשׁ H3728 to cower
in the dust	→	אֵ֫פֶר H0665 ashes

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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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