Lamentations 3:19 Go deeper
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Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. (KJV)
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זְכָר\־ze.khor-remember
Lemma: זָכַר (za.khar) · Strong's: H2142
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to remember
Used 229 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 9:15, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 19:29, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 40:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2142; TAHOT Lamentations 3:19 word 1
עָנְיִ֥י'a.ne.Yiaffliction my
Lemma: עֳנִי (o.ni) · Strong's: H6040
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 3:19 word 2
וּמְרוּדִ֖יu.me.ru.Diand homelessness my
Lemma: מָרוֹד (ma.rud) · Strong's: H4788
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: wandering
Used 3 times. Also: Isaiah 58:7, Lamentations 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4788; TAHOT Lamentations 3:19 word 3
לַעֲנָ֥הla.'a.Nahwormwood
Lemma: לַעֲנָה (la.a.nah) · Strong's: H3939
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wormwood
Used 8 times. Also: Deuteronomy 29:18, Proverbs 5:4, Jeremiah 9:15, Jeremiah 23:15, Lamentations 3:15, Amos 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3939; TAHOT Lamentations 3:19 word 4
וָרֹֽאשׁ\׃va.Roshand poison
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7219
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: poison
Used 12 times. Also: Deuteronomy 29:18, Deuteronomy 32:32, Deuteronomy 32:33, Job 20:16, Psalms 69:21, Jeremiah 8:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7219; TAHOT Lamentations 3:19 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Remember | → | זָכַר H2142 to remember |
| my affliction | → | עֳנִי H6040 affliction |
| and wandering | → | מָרוֹד H4788 wandering |
| the wormwood | → | לַעֲנָה H3939 wormwood |
| and the gall | → | רֹאשׁ H7219 poison |
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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