Lamentations 3:59 Go deeper
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O LORD , thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. (KJV)
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רָאִ֤יתָהra.'I.tahyou have seen
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:59 word 1
יְהוָה֙Yah.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 3:59 word 2
עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י'a.Va.ta.Tioppression my
Lemma: עַוָּתָה (av.va.tah) · Strong's: H5792
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: oppression
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5792; TAHOT Lamentations 3:59 word 3
שָׁפְטָ֖הsha.fe.Tahjudge !
Lemma: שָׁפַט (sha.phat) · Strong's: H8199
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to judge
Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8199; TAHOT Lamentations 3:59 word 4
מִשְׁפָּטִֽי\׃mish.pa.Tijudgment my
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: justice
Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Lamentations 3:59 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You have seen | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| O LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| the wrong done to me | → | עַוָּתָה H5792 oppression |
| vindicate | → | שָׁפַט H8199 to judge |
| my cause | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice |
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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