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Iאֲנִיam the manהַגֶּבֶרwho has seenרָאָהafflictionעֳנִיby the rodבְּשֵׁבֶטof his wrath.עֶבְרָתוֹ
Lamentations 3:1
Study it in the app“I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.”
The poet of Lamentations describes his suffering without adornmentSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:1, word by word
- am the manגֶּבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- who has seenרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- afflictionעֳנִיoni
affliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “oni” appears- by the rodשֵׁבֶטshevet
rod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shevet” appears- of his wrathעֶבְרָתevrat
fury
Overflowing rage, fury.
Where else “evrat” appears
Translation note
In chapter 3 each letter of the alphabet opens three verses in a row.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not in light.