Lamentations 1:22

“Let all their wickedness come before you, and deal with them as you have dealt with me for all my transgressions; for many are my groans, and my heart is faint.””

Lamentations 1:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 1:22, word by word

Letתָּבֹאtavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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their wickednessרָעָתָraata

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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before youפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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and dealעוֹלֵלolel

abuse

To treat harshly or mockingly someone who is in our hands.

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my transgressionsפְּשָׁעָpeshaa

transgression

A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.

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many areרַבּוֹתrabot

many

A great number of people or things.

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my groansאַנְחֹתַanchota

sighing, groaning

A sigh, a groan: the moan of one who suffers or is weary.

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and my heartלִבִּlibi

heart

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

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is faintדַוָּיdavay

faint, sick

Sick, faint; also troubled within.

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The context

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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