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Rememberזְכָרmy afflictionעָנְיִיand my wandering,וּמְרוּדִיthe wormwoodלַעֲנָהand the poison.וָרֹאשׁ
Lamentations 3:19
Study it in the app“Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the poison.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:19, word by word
- Rememberזְכָרzechar
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zechar” appears- my afflictionעָנְיִanyi
affliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “anyi” appears- and my wanderingמְרוּדִmerudi
homeless, wandering
One who wanders with nowhere to live; also the state of homelessness and want.
Where else “merudi” appears- the wormwoodלַעֲנָהlaana
wormwood
Wormwood: a very bitter plant; an image of what ends in bitterness.
Where else “laana” appears- and the poisonרֹאשׁrosh
poison plant
A bitter, harmful plant.
Where else “rosh” appears
The context
18And I said, “My vigor has perished, and my hope from YHWH.”
19 · This verse (above)
20My soul surely remembers and sinks down within me.