Lamentations 4:17 Go deeper

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As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us . (KJV)

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תִּכְלֶ֣ינָהtikh.Lei.nahthey failed

Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615J

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVqi3fp)

Meaning: to end: expend

Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 21:15, Genesis 43:2, Leviticus 19:9, Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 32:23, 1 Kings 17:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3615J; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 1

עֵינֵ֔ינוּ'ei.Nei.nueyes our

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 2

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 3

עֶזְרָתֵ֖נוּ'ez.ra.Te.nuhelp our

Lemma: עֶזְרָה (ez.rah) · Strong's: H5833

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

Meaning: help

Used 26 times. Also: Judges 5:23, 2 Chronicles 28:21, Job 6:13, Job 31:21, Psalms 22:19, Psalms 27:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5833; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 4

הָ֑בֶלHa.velfutility

Lemma: הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) · Strong's: H1892

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

Meaning: vanity

Used 73 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:26, 2 Kings 17:15, Job 7:16, Job 9:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1892; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 5

בְּצִפִּיָּתֵ֣נוּbe.tzi.pi.ya.Te.nuin watchtower our

Lemma: צְפִּיָּה (tse.phiy.yah) · Strong's: H6836

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

Meaning: watch

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6836; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 6

צִפִּ֔ינוּtzi.Pi.nuwe watched

Lemma: צָפָה (tsa.phah) · Strong's: H6822

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVpp1cp)

Meaning: to watch

Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 31:49, 1 Samuel 4:13, 1 Samuel 14:16, 2 Samuel 13:34, 2 Samuel 18:24, 2 Samuel 18:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6822; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 7

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 8

גּ֖וֹיGoya nation

Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A

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

Meaning: nation

Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 9

לֹ֥אlo'[which] 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 4:17 word 10

יוֹשִֽׁעַ\׃\ \סyo.Shi.a'it will save

Lemma: יָשַׁע (ya.sah) · Strong's: H3467

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)

Meaning: to save

Used 205 times. Also: Exodus 2:17, Exodus 14:30, Numbers 10:9, Deuteronomy 20:4, Deuteronomy 22:27, Deuteronomy 28:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3467; TAHOT Lamentations 4:17 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

All the while	→	עוֹד H5750 still
our eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye
were failing	→	כָּלָה H3615J to end: expend
as we looked in vain	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity
for	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
help	→	עֶזְרָה H5833 help
We watched	→	צְפִּיָּה H6836 watch
from our towers	→	צָפָה H6822 to watch
for	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
a nation	→	גּוֹי H1471A nation
[that] could not	→	לֹא H3808 not
save us	→	יָשַׁע H3467 to save

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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