15
He has filled meהִשְׂבִּיעַנִיwith bitter things;בַמְּרוֹרִיםhe has made me drunkהִרְוַנִיwith wormwood.לַעֲנָה
Lamentations 3:15
Study it in the app“He has filled me with bitter things; he has made me drunk with wormwood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:15, word by word
- He has filled meהִשְׂבִּיעַhisbia
be satisfied
To eat until one wants no more.
Where else “hisbia” appears- with bitter thingsמְּרוֹרִיםmerorim
bitterness
Bitter suffering that leaves a sour taste in life.
Where else “merorim” appears- he has made me drunkהִרְוַhirva
water abundantly
To water abundantly.
Where else “hirva” appears- with wormwoodלַעֲנָהlaana
wormwood
Wormwood: a very bitter plant; an image of what ends in bitterness.
Where else “laana” appears
The context
14I have become a laughingstock to all my people, their song all the day.
15 · This verse (above)
16And he has broken with gravel my teeth; he has pressed me down in the ashes.