Lamentations 1:12

““Is it nothing to you, all who pass by on the road? Look and see if there is pain like my pain that has been dealt to me, with which YHWH has afflicted me in the day of his burning anger.”

Lamentations 1:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 1:12, word by word

who pass byעֹבְרֵיovre

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “ovre” appears
on the roadדֶרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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Lookהַבִּיטוּhabitu

look

Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.

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and seeרְאוּreu

see

To see with one's eyes.

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painמַכְאוֹבmachov

pain

Pain, suffering.

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has been dealtעוֹלַלolal

abuse

To treat harshly or mockingly someone who is in our hands.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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has afflicted meהוֹגָהhoga

grieve, torment

To grieve, to cause sorrow, to afflict.

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in the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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of his burningחֲרוֹןcharon

burning anger

Burning of anger.

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angerאַפּap

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

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The context

11All her people groan, seeking bread; they have given their precious things for food to bring back life. “See, YHWH, and look, for I have become worthless.”

12 · This verse (above)

13From on high he sent fire into my bones, and it ruled over them; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has made me desolate, faint all the day.

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