Lamentations 3:45 Go deeper
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Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. (KJV)
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סְחִ֧יse.Chiscouring
Lemma: סְחִי (se.chi) · Strong's: H5501
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: offscouring
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5501; TAHOT Lamentations 3:45 word 1
וּמָא֛וֹסu.ma.'osand refuse
Lemma: מָאוֹס (ma.os) · Strong's: H3973
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: refuse
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3973; TAHOT Lamentations 3:45 word 2
תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּte.si.Me.nuyou have made us
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 21:18, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:45 word 3
בְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst of
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7130G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrails: among
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 41:21, Genesis 45:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7130G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:45 word 4
הָעַמִּֽים\׃\ \סha.'a.Mimthe peoples
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:45 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You have made us | → | שׂוּם H7760A to set: make |
| scum | → | סְחִי H5501 offscouring |
| and refuse | → | מָאוֹס H3973 refuse |
| among | → | קֶ֫רֶב H7130G entrails: among |
| the nations | → | עַם H5971A people |
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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