Lamentations 3:48 Go deeper
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Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. (KJV)
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פַּלְגֵי\־pal.gei-streams of
Lemma: פֶּ֫לֶג (pe.leg) · Strong's: H6388
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: stream
Used 10 times. Also: Job 29:6, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 46:4, Psalms 65:9, Psalms 119:136, Proverbs 5:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6388; TAHOT Lamentations 3:48 word 1
מַ֙יִם֙ma.yimwater
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:48 word 2
תֵּרַ֣דte.Radit goes down
Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to go down
Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Lamentations 3:48 word 3
עֵינִ֔י'ei.Nieye my
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:48 word 4
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:48 word 5
שֶׁ֖בֶרShe.ver[the] brokenness of
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בֶר (she.ver) · Strong's: H7667
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 3:48 word 6
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:48 word 7
עַמִּֽי\׃\ \ס'a.Mipeople my
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 3:48 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Streams | → | פֶּ֫לֶג H6388 stream |
| of tears | → | מַי H4325G water |
| flow | → | יָרַד H3381 to go down |
| from my eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| over | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the destruction | → | שֶׁ֫בֶר H7667 breaking |
| of the daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| of my people | → | 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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