Lamentations 3:18 Go deeper
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And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD : (KJV)
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וָאֹמַר֙va.'o.Marand I said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Lamentations 3:18 word 1
אָבַ֣ד'a.Vadit has perished
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Lamentations 3:18 word 2
נִצְחִ֔יnitz.Chiendurance my
Lemma: נֵ֫צַח (ne.tsach) · Strong's: H5331
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: perpetuity
Used 43 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:29, 2 Samuel 2:26, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Job 4:20, Job 14:20, Job 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5331; TAHOT Lamentations 3:18 word 3
וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖יve.to.chal.Tiand hope my
Lemma: תּוֹחֶ֫לֶת (to.che.let) · Strong's: H8431
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: hope
Used 6 times. Also: Job 41:9, Psalms 39:7, Proverbs 10:28, Proverbs 11:7, Proverbs 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8431; TAHOT Lamentations 3:18 word 4
מֵיְהוָֽה\׃\ \סme.Yah.wehfrom 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 3:18 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So I say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| My strength | → | נֵ֫צַח H5331 perpetuity |
| has perished | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
| along with my hope | → | תּוֹחֶ֫לֶת H8431 hope |
| from the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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