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He has bentדָּרַךְhis bowקַשְׁתוֹand set meוַיַּצִּיבֵנִיas a targetכַּמַּטָּרָאfor the arrow.לַחֵץ
Lamentations 3:12
Study it in the app“He has bent his bow and set me as a target for the arrow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:12, word by word
- He has bentדָּרַךְdarach
bend a bow
To bend a bow by bracing it with the foot, to string it and shoot.
Where else “darach” appears- his bowקַשְׁתkasht
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kasht” appears- and set meיַּצִּיבֵyatsive
set up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “yatsive” appears- as a targetמַּטָּרָאmatara
target
The mark that arrows are aimed at; also the one shot at.
Where else “matara” appears- for the arrowחֵץchets
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chets” appears
The context
11My ways he has turned aside and has torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
12 · This verse (above)
13He has brought into my kidneys the sons of his quiver.