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He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. (KJV)

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גָּדַ֧רga.Darhe has walled up

Lemma: גָּדַר (ga.dar) · Strong's: H1443

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to wall up/off

Used 10 times. Also: 2 Kings 12:12, 2 Kings 22:6, Job 19:8, Isaiah 58:12, Lamentations 3:9, Ezekiel 13:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1443; TAHOT Lamentations 3:7 word 1

בַּעֲדִ֛יba.'a.Dibehind me

Lemma: בַּ֫עַד (be.ad) · Strong's: H1157

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)

Meaning: about/through/for

Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 7:16, Genesis 20:7, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 26:8, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1157; TAHOT Lamentations 3:7 word 2

וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Lamentations 3:7 word 3

אֵצֵ֖א'e.Tze'I will go out

Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to come out: come

Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:7 word 4

הִכְבִּ֥ידhikh.Bidhe has made heavy

Lemma: כָּבֵד (ka.vad) · Strong's: H3513H

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

Meaning: to honor: heavy

Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 18:20, Exodus 5:9, Exodus 8:15, Exodus 8:32, Exodus 9:7, Exodus 9:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3513H; TAHOT Lamentations 3:7 word 5

נְחָשְׁתִּֽי\׃ne.cha.she.Tibronze fetter[s] my

Lemma: נְחֹ֫שֶׁת (ne.cho.shet) · Strong's: H5178A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: bronze

Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Exodus 25:3, Exodus 26:11, Exodus 26:37, Exodus 27:2, Exodus 27:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5178A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:7 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

He has walled me in	→	גָּדַר H1443 to wall up/off
. . .	→	בַּ֫עַד H1157 about/through/for
so I cannot	→	לֹא H3808 not
escape	→	יָצָא H3318G to come out: come
He has weighed me down	→	כָּבֵד H3513H to honor: heavy
with chains	→	נְחֹ֫שֶׁת H5178A bronze

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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