Boundנִשְׂקַדis the yokeעֹלof my transgressions;פְּשָׁעַיby his handבְּיָדוֹthey are woven together;יִשְׂתָּרְגוּthey have come upעָלוּon my neck;עַל צַוָּארִיhe has madeהִכְשִׁילmy strengthכֹּחִיstumble;הִכְשִׁילAdonaiאֲדֹנָיhas given meנְתָנַנִיinto the handsבִּידֵיof those against whom I am notלֹאableאוּכַלto rise.קוּם
Lamentations 1:14
Study it in the app“Bound 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 1:14, word by word
- Boundנִשְׂקַדniskad
bind, fasten
To bind, to fasten on (the sense is uncertain in its only use).
Where else “niskad” appears- is the yokeעֹלol
yoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ol” appears- of my transgressionsפְּשָׁעַpeshaa
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “peshaa” appears- by his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- they are woven togetherיִשְׂתָּרְגוּyistargu
be knit together
To be intertwined, to be knit together.
Where else “yistargu” appears- they have come upעָלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- on my neckצַוָּארִtsavari
neck
The neck.
Where else “tsavari” appears- he has madeהִכְשִׁילhichshil
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “hichshil” appears- my strengthכֹּחִkochi
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “kochi” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- has given meנְתָנַnetana
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “netana” appears- ableאוּכַלuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “uchal” appears- to riseקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears
The context
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15Adonai has rejected all my mighty ones in my midst; he has called against me an appointed feast to crush my young men; Adonai has trodden as a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.