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Let him sitיֵשֵׁבaloneבָּדָדand be silent,וְיִדֹּםbecauseכִּיhe has laid itנָטַלon him.עָלָיו
Lamentations 3:28
Study it in the app“Let him sit alone and be silent, because he has laid it on him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:28, word by word
- Let him sitיֵשֵׁבyeshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appears- aloneבָּדָדbadad
alone, apart
Apart, alone: separated from the others.
Where else “badad” appears- and be silentיִדֹּםyidom
be silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “yidom” appears- he has laid itנָטַלnatal
lift; lay on
Lift, bear; and hence lay something on someone, impose it.
Where else “natal” appears
The context
27Good it is for the man that he bear a yoke in his youth.
28 · This verse (above)
29Let him put his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope.