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He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. (KJV)

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בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥יםbe.ma.cha.sha.Kimin dark places

Lemma: מַחְשָׁךְ (mach.shakh) · Strong's: H4285

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: darkness

Used 7 times. Also: Psalms 74:20, Psalms 88:6, Psalms 88:18, Psalms 143:3, Isaiah 29:15, Isaiah 42:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4285; TAHOT Lamentations 3:6 word 1

הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִיho.shi.Va.nihe has caused to dwell me

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Lamentations 3:6 word 2

כְּמֵתֵ֥יke.me.Teilike dead people of

Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)

Meaning: to die

Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Lamentations 3:6 word 3

עוֹלָֽם\׃\ \סo.Lamantiquity

Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: forever: antiquity

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Deuteronomy 32:7, Joshua 24:2, 1 Samuel 27:8, Job 22:15, Psalms 24:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5769J; TAHOT Lamentations 3:6 word 4

How the BSB renders it

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

He has made me dwell	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
in darkness	→	מַחְשָׁךְ H4285 darkness
like those dead	→	מוּת H4191 to die
for ages	→	עוֹלָם H5769J forever: antiquity

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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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