Lamentations 3:57 Go deeper
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Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. (KJV)
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קָרַ֙בְתָּ֙ka.Rav.tayou drew near
Lemma: קָרַב (qa.rav) · Strong's: H7126G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to present: come
Used 112 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 27:41, Genesis 37:18, Genesis 47:29, Exodus 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7126G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:57 word 1
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon [the] day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:57 word 2
אֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ'ek.ra.'E.ka[when] I called on you
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
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 3:57 word 3
אָמַ֖רְתָּ'a.Mar.tayou said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
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 3:57 word 4
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 3:57 word 5
תִּירָֽא\׃\ \סti.Ra'you fear
Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3372G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to fear
Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:15, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 21:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3372G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:57 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You drew near | → | קָרַב H7126G to present: come |
| when | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| I called on You | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| You said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| be afraid | → | יָרֵא H3372G to fear |
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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