Lamentations 3:47 Go deeper
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Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. (KJV)
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פַּ֧חַדPa.chadterror
Lemma: פַּ֫חַד (pa.chad) · Strong's: H6343
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dread
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 15:16, Deuteronomy 2:25, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 28:67 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6343; TAHOT Lamentations 3:47 word 1
וָפַ֛חַתva.Fa.chatand a pit
Lemma: פַּ֫חַת (pa.chat) · Strong's: H6354
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pit
Used 10 times. Also: 2 Samuel 17:9, 2 Samuel 18:17, Isaiah 24:17, Isaiah 24:18, Jeremiah 48:28, Jeremiah 48:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6354; TAHOT Lamentations 3:47 word 2
הָ֥יָהHa.yahit has happened
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Lamentations 3:47 word 3
הַשֵּׁ֥אתha.Shet<the> devastation
Lemma: שֵׁאת (shet) · Strong's: H7612
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: devastation
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7612; TAHOT Lamentations 3:47 word 4
וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר\׃ve.ha.Sha.verand <the> brokenness
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בֶר (she.ver) · Strong's: H7667
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: breaking
Used 45 times. Also: Leviticus 21:19, Leviticus 22:22, Leviticus 24:20, Judges 7:15, Job 41:25, Psalms 60:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7667; TAHOT Lamentations 3:47 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Panic | → | פַּ֫חַד H6343 dread |
| and pitfall | → | פַּ֫חַת H6354 pit |
| have come | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| upon us | → | |
| devastation | → | שֵׁאת H7612 devastation |
| and destruction | → | שֶׁ֫בֶר H7667 breaking |
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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