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Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

צָֽפוּ\־tza.fu-they overflowed

Lemma: צוּף (tsuph) · Strong's: H6687

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to flow

Used 3 times. Also: Deuteronomy 11:4, 2 Kings 6:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6687; TAHOT Lamentations 3:54 word 1

מַ֥יִםMa.yimwaters

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 3:54 word 2

עַל\־'al-over

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 3:54 word 3

רֹאשִׁ֖יro.Shihead my

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: head

Used 282 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:54 word 4

אָמַ֥רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Lamentations 3:54 word 5

נִגְזָֽרְתִּי\׃\ \סnig.Za.re.tiI have been cut off

Lemma: גָּזַר (ga.zar) · Strong's: H1504

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNp1cs)

Meaning: to cut

Used 13 times. Also: 1 Kings 3:25, 1 Kings 3:26, 2 Kings 6:4, 2 Chronicles 26:21, Esther 2:1, Job 22:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1504; TAHOT Lamentations 3:54 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The waters	→	מַי H4325G water
flowed	→	צוּף H6687 to flow
over	→	עַל H5921A upon
my head	→	רֹאשׁ H7218A head
and I thought	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
I was going to die	→	גָּזַר H1504 to cut

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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