Lamentations 3:55 Go deeper
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I called upon thy name, O LORD , out of the low dungeon. (KJV)
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קָרָ֤אתִיka.Ra.tiI called
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:55 word 1
שִׁמְךָ֙shim.Khaname your
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Lamentations 3:55 word 2
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehO Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:55 word 3
מִבּ֖וֹרmi.Borfrom a pit of
Lemma: בּוֹר (bor) · Strong's: H0953A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: pit
Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 37:24, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 40:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0953A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:55 word 4
תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת\׃tach.ti.Yotlowest parts
Lemma: תַּחְתִּי (tach.ti) · Strong's: H8482
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAafpa)
Meaning: lower
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Exodus 19:17, Deuteronomy 32:22, Joshua 15:19, Judges 1:15, Nehemiah 4:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8482; TAHOT Lamentations 3:55 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I called on | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| Your name | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| O LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| out of the depths | → | תַּחְתִּי H8482 lower |
| of the Pit | → | בּוֹר H0953A pit |
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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