Lamentations 3:43 Go deeper
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Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. (KJV)
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סַכֹּ֤תָהsa.Ko.tahyou have covered yourself
Lemma: סָכַךְ (sa.khakh) · Strong's: H5526B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to cover
Used 18 times. Also: Exodus 25:20, Exodus 37:9, Exodus 40:3, Exodus 40:21, Judges 3:24, 1 Samuel 24:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5526B; TAHOT Lamentations 3:43 word 1
בָאַף֙va.'Afwith <the> anger
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0639G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: face: anger
Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 27:45, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 39:19, Genesis 44:18, Genesis 49:6, Genesis 49:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0639G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:43 word 2
וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּva.tir.de.Fe.nuand you have pursued us
Lemma: רָדַף (ra.daph) · Strong's: H7291
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqw2ms)
Meaning: to pursue
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 35:5, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 14:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7291; TAHOT Lamentations 3:43 word 3
הָרַ֖גְתָּha.Rag.tayou have killed
Lemma: הָרַג (ha.rag) · Strong's: H2026
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to kill
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 12:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2026; TAHOT Lamentations 3:43 word 4
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Lamentations 3:43 word 5
חָמָֽלְתָּ\׃cha.Mal.tayou have spared
Lemma: חָמַל (cha.mal) · Strong's: H2550
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to spare
Used 41 times. Also: Exodus 2:6, Deuteronomy 13:8, 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 15:9, 1 Samuel 15:15, 1 Samuel 23:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2550; TAHOT Lamentations 3:43 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You have covered | → | סָכַךְ H5526B to cover |
| Yourself in anger | → | אַף H0639G face: anger |
| and pursued us | → | רָדַף H7291 to pursue |
| You have killed | → | הָרַג H2026 to kill |
| without | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| pity | → | חָמַל H2550 to spare |
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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