Lamentations 3:17 Go deeper
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And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. (KJV)
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וַתִּזְנַ֧חva.tiz.Nachand it has excluded
Lemma: זָנַח (za.nach) · Strong's: H2186A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqw2ms)
Meaning: to reject
Used 19 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 11:14, 2 Chronicles 29:19, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 44:9, Psalms 44:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2186A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:17 word 1
מִשָּׁל֛וֹםmi.sha.Lomfrom peace
Lemma: שָׁלוֹם (sha.lom) · Strong's: H7965G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: peace
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 15:15, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 26:31, Genesis 28:21, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 41:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7965G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:17 word 2
נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.Shiself my
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul
Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:17 word 3
נָשִׁ֥יתִיna.Shi.tiI have forgotten
Lemma: נָשָׁה (na.shah) · Strong's: H5382
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to forget
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 41:51, Job 11:6, Job 39:17, Isaiah 44:21, Jeremiah 23:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5382; TAHOT Lamentations 3:17 word 4
טוֹבָֽה\׃to.Vahgood
Lemma: טוֹבָה (to.vah) · Strong's: H2896C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: welfare
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 44:4, Genesis 50:20, Exodus 18:9, Numbers 24:13, Deuteronomy 23:6, Deuteronomy 28:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896C; TAHOT Lamentations 3:17 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My soul | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul |
| has been deprived | → | זָנַח H2186A to reject |
| of peace | → | שָׁלוֹם H7965G peace |
| I have forgotten | → | נָשָׁה H5382 to forget |
| what prosperity is | → | טוֹבָה H2896C welfare |
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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