“Is it nothingלוֹאto you,אֲלֵיכֶםallכָּלwho pass byעֹבְרֵיon the road?דֶרֶךְLookהַבִּיטוּand seeוּרְאוּif there isאִם יֵשׁpainמַכְאוֹבlike my painכְּמַכְאֹבִיthatאֲשֶׁרhas been dealtעוֹלַלto me,לִיwith whichאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas afflicted meהוֹגָהin the dayבְּיוֹםof his burningחֲרוֹןanger.אַפּוֹ
Lamentations 1:12
Study it in the app““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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “derech” appears- Lookהַבִּיטוּhabitu
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “habitu” appears- and seeרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- painמַכְאוֹבmachov
pain
Pain, suffering.
Where else “machov” appears- has been dealtעוֹלַלolal
abuse
To treat harshly or mockingly someone who is in our hands.
Where else “olal” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- has afflicted meהוֹגָהhoga
grieve, torment
To grieve, to cause sorrow, to afflict.
Where else “hoga” appears- in the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of his burningחֲרוֹןcharon
burning anger
Burning of anger.
Where else “charon” appears- angerאַפּap
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appears
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.