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Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. (KJV)
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קוֹלִ֖יko.Livoice my
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice
Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:56 word 1
שָׁמָ֑עְתָּsha.Ma.'e.tayou heard
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:56 word 2
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Lamentations 3:56 word 3
תַּעְלֵ֧םta'.Lemyou hide
Lemma: עָלַם (a.lam) · Strong's: H5956
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)
Meaning: to conceal
Used 28 times. Also: Leviticus 4:13, Leviticus 5:2, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 5:4, Leviticus 20:4, Numbers 5:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5956; TAHOT Lamentations 3:56 word 4
אָזְנְךָ֛'a.ze.ne.Khaear your
Lemma: אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) · Strong's: H0241G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: ear
Used 119 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 29:20, Exodus 32:2, Exodus 32:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0241G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:56 word 5
לְרַוְחָתִ֖יle.rav.cha.Tito relief my
Lemma: רְוָחָה (re.va.chah) · Strong's: H7309
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: relief
Used 2 times. Also: Exodus 8:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7309; TAHOT Lamentations 3:56 word 6
לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי\׃le.shav.'a.Tito cry for help my
Lemma: שַׁוְעָה (shav.ah) · Strong's: H7775
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: cry
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 2:23, 1 Samuel 5:12, 2 Samuel 22:7, Psalms 18:6, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 39:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7775; TAHOT Lamentations 3:56 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You heard | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| my plea | → | קוֹל H6963A voice |
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| ignore | → | עָלַם H5956 to conceal |
| . . . | → | אֹ֫זֶן H0241G ear |
| my cry | → | שַׁוְעָה H7775 cry |
| for relief | → | רְוָחָה H7309 relief |
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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