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My soulנַפְשִׁיsurelyזָכוֹרremembersתִּזְכּוֹרand sinks downוְתָשׁוֹחַwithin me.עָלַי
Lamentations 3:20
Study it in the app“My soul surely remembers and sinks down within me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:20, word by word
- My soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- surelyזָכוֹרzachor
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zachor” appears- and sinks downתָשׁוֹחַtashoach
sink down, be bowed down
To sink, to bow down low; also used of a downcast spirit.
Where else “tashoach” appears
Translation note
It can also be read: “Surely you will remember, and my soul sinks down within me.”
The context
19Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the poison.
20 · This verse (above)
21This I will bring back to my heart; therefore I will await.