See,רְאֵהYHWH,יְהוָהthatכִּיI am in distress;צַר לִיmy insidesמֵעַיare in turmoil;חֳמַרְמָרוּmy heartלִבִּיis overturnedנֶהְפַּךְwithin me,בְּקִרְבִּיforכִּיI have rebelledמָרִיתִיand rebelled;מָרוֹoutsideמִחוּץthe swordחֶרֶבbereaves;שִׁכְּלָהin the houseבַּבַּיִתit is like death.כַּמָּוֶת
Lamentations 1:20
Study it in the app“See, YHWH, that I am in distress; my insides are in turmoil; my heart is overturned within me, for I have rebelled and rebelled; outside the sword bereaves; in the house it is like death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 1:20, word by word
- Seeרְאֵהree
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “ree” 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- I am in distressצַרtsar
distress
To be in a tight spot, or to leave others no way out, like a besieged city.
Where else “tsar” appears- my insidesמֵעַmea
compassion
What is felt inside: pain, anguish or compassion felt in the bowels.
Where else “mea” appears- are in turmoilחֳמַרְמָרוּchomarmaru
seethe
Seethe, churn: waters, wine, troubled insides.
Where else “chomarmaru” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- is overturnedנֶהְפַּךְnehpach
turn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “nehpach” appears- within meקִרְבִּkirbi
inside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirbi” appears- I have rebelledמָרִיתִיmariti
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “mariti” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- bereavesשִׁכְּלָהshikla
bereave
To make someone lose his children, in war or as punishment.
Where else “shikla” appears- in the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- it is like deathמָּוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears
The context
19I called to my lovers; they deceived me; my priests and my elders in the city breathed their last while they sought food for themselves to bring back their life.
20 · This verse (above)
21They have heard that I groan; there is no one to comfort me; all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they rejoice that you have done it; you have brought the day you proclaimed, and they will be like me.