From on highמִמָּרוֹםhe sentשָׁלַחfireאֵשׁinto my bones,בְּעַצְמֹתַיand it ruled over them;וַיִּרְדֶּנָּהhe spreadפָּרַשׂa netרֶשֶׁתfor my feet;לְרַגְלַיhe turned meהֱשִׁיבַנִיback;אָחוֹרhe has made meנְתָנַנִיdesolate,שֹׁמֵמָהfaintדָּוָהall the day.כָּל הַיּוֹם
Lamentations 1:13
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “shalach” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- into my bonesעַצְמֹתַatsmota
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmota” appears- and it ruled over themיִּרְדֶּyirde
rule
To hold sway, govern.
Where else “yirde” appears- he spreadפָּרַשׂparas
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “paras” appears- a netרֶשֶׁתreshet
net
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “reshet” appears- for my feetרַגְלַragla
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragla” appears- he turned meהֱשִׁיבַheshiva
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiva” appears- backאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- he has made meנְתָנַnetana
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netana” appears- desolateשֹׁמֵמָהshomema
desolate
Desolate, ruined; of a person, abandoned and without comfort.
Where else “shomema” appears- faintדָּוָהdava
weak
Weak, without strength, downcast.
Where else “dava” appears- all the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
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.