Lamentations 1:20

“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.”

Lamentations 1:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 1:20, word by word

Seeרְאֵהree

realize

To realize: "he saw that it was good".

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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.

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I am in distressצַרtsar

distress

To be in a tight spot, or to leave others no way out, like a besieged city.

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my insidesמֵעַmea

compassion

What is felt inside: pain, anguish or compassion felt in the bowels.

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are in turmoilחֳמַרְמָרוּchomarmaru

seethe

Seethe, churn: waters, wine, troubled insides.

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my heartלִבִּlibi

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

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is overturnedנֶהְפַּךְnehpach

turn

To turn one's body or course the other way.

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within meקִרְבִּkirbi

inside

One's inner part, one's inmost self.

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I have rebelledמָרִיתִיmariti

rebel

Rebel, resist what is commanded.

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outsideחוּץchuts

outside

What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.

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the swordחֶרֶבcherev

sword

A sword; or war.

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bereavesשִׁכְּלָהshikla

bereave

To make someone lose his children, in war or as punishment.

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in the houseבַּיִתbayit

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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it is like deathמָּוֶתmavet

death

The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.

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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.

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