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I cry for helpאֲשַׁוַּעto you,אֵלֶיךָand you do notוְלֹאanswer me;תַעֲנֵנִיI stand up,עָמַדְתִּיand you consider me.וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּי
Study it in the app“I cry for help to you, and you do not answer me; I stand up, and you consider me.”
I cry for helpאֲשַׁוַּעto you,אֵלֶיךָand you do notוְלֹאanswer me;תַעֲנֵנִיI stand up,עָמַדְתִּיand you consider me.וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּי
cry for help
To cry out for help, to call aloud to be rescued.
Where else “ashava” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taane” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amadti” appearsconsider
To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.
Where else “titbonen” appears“And you consider me”: it can be understood “you stay looking at me, without doing anything.”
19He has cast me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
20 · This verse (above)
21You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you bear a grudge against me.