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Let him putיִתֵּןhis mouthפִּיהוּin the dust;בֶּעָפָרperhapsאוּלַיthere isיֵשׁhope.תִּקְוָה
Lamentations 3:29
Study it in the app“Let him put his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:29, word by word
- Let him putיִתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- his mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- in the dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- hopeתִּקְוָהtikva
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikva” appears
The context
28Let him sit alone and be silent, because he has laid it on him.
29 · This verse (above)
30Let him give to the one who strikes him his cheek; let him be filled with reproach.