Lamentations 1:14

“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.”

Lamentations 1:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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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.

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