Lamentations 3:14

“I have become a laughingstock to all my people, their song all the day.”

Lamentations 3:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 3:14, word by word

I have becomeהָיִיתִיhayiti

become

To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.

Where else “hayiti” appears
a laughingstockשְּׂחֹקsechok

laughingstock

A person others mock and laugh at.

Where else “sechok” appears
my peopleעַמִּami

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

Where else “ami” appears
their songנְגִינָתָneginata

song

Something sung, sometimes in mockery.

Where else “neginata” appears
all the dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears

The context

13He has brought into my kidneys the sons of his quiver.

14 · This verse (above)

15He has filled me with bitter things; he has made me drunk with wormwood.

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