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Surelyאַךְagainst meבִּיhe turns back,יָשֻׁבhe turnsיַהֲפֹךְhis handיָדוֹall the day.כָּל הַיּוֹם
Lamentations 3:3
Study it in the app“Surely against me he turns back, he turns his hand all the day.”
The poet of Lamentations describes his suffering without adornmentSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:3, word by word
- he turns backיָשֻׁבyashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuv” appears- he turnsיַהֲפֹךְyahafoch
turn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “yahafoch” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- all the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
2He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not in light.
3 · This verse (above)
4He has worn out my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.