Lamentations 1:13

“From 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.”

Lamentations 1:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 1:13, word by word

From on highמָּרוֹםmarom

height

What is on high: the height, the highest heaven.

Where else “marom” appears
he sentשָׁלַחshalach

send

To send someone or something.

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fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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into my bonesעַצְמֹתַatsmota

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

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and it ruled over themיִּרְדֶּyirde

rule

To hold sway, govern.

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he spreadפָּרַשׂparas

spread out

To open out hands, wings or cloth.

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a netרֶשֶׁתreshet

net

A mesh for hunting, or a trap.

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for my feetרַגְלַragla

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

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he turned meהֱשִׁיבַheshiva

bring back

To return something, restore.

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backאָחוֹרachor

behind

The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.

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he has made meנְתָנַnetana

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

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desolateשֹׁמֵמָהshomema

desolate

Desolate, ruined; of a person, abandoned and without comfort.

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faintדָּוָהdava

weak

Weak, without strength, downcast.

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all the dayיּוֹםyom

day

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

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The context

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.

13 · This verse (above)

14Bound is the yoke of my transgressions; by his hand they are woven together; they have come up on my neck; he has made my strength stumble; Adonai has given me into the hands of those against whom I am not able to rise.

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