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And he has brokenוַיַּגְרֵסwith gravelבֶּחָצָץmy teeth;שִׁנָּיhe has pressed me downהִכְפִּישַׁנִיin the ashes.בָּאֵפֶר
Lamentations 3:16
Study it in the app“And he has broken with gravel my teeth; he has pressed me down in the ashes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:16, word by word
- And he has brokenיַּגְרֵסyagres
crush
To smash, as teeth against gravel.
Where else “yagres” appears- with gravelחָצָץchatsats
gravel
Small, fine stones.
Where else “chatsats” appears- my teethשִׁנָּshina
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shina” appears- he has pressed me downהִכְפִּישַׁhichpisha
press down, make cower
To press down, to make someone cower or crouch; figuratively, to humiliate.
Where else “hichpisha” appears- in the ashesאֵפֶרefer
ashes
Ashes. "Dust and ashes" is a way of saying one is of very little account.
Where else “efer” appears
The context
15He has filled me with bitter things; he has made me drunk with wormwood.
16 · This verse (above)
17And you have removed from peace my soul; I have forgotten what is good.