Lamentations 3:44 Go deeper
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Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. (KJV)
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סַכּ֤וֹתָהsa.Ko.tahyou have covered
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 3:44 word 1
בֶֽעָנָן֙ve.'a.Nanwith <the> cloud
Lemma: עָנָן (a.nan) · Strong's: H6051
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cloud
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 14:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6051; TAHOT Lamentations 3:44 word 2
מֵעֲב֖וֹרme.'a.Vorfrom passing through
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:44 word 3
תְּפִלָּֽה\׃te.fi.Lahprayer of
Lemma: תְּפִלָּה (te.phil.lah) · Strong's: H8605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: prayer
Used 77 times. Also: 2 Samuel 7:27, 1 Kings 8:28, 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 8:38, 1 Kings 8:45, 1 Kings 8:49 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8605; TAHOT Lamentations 3:44 word 4
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 | → | |
| with a cloud | → | עָנָן H6051 cloud |
| that no prayer | → | תְּפִלָּה H8605 prayer |
| can pass through | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
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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