Lamentations 3:30

“Let him give to the one who strikes him his cheek; let him be filled with reproach.”

Lamentations 3:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 3:30, word by word

Let him giveיִתֵּןyiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “yiten” appears
to the one who strikes himמַכֵּmake

strike

To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.

Where else “make” appears
his cheekלֶחִיlechi

cheek

The soft side of the face, where one is struck or caressed.

Where else “lechi” appears
let him be filledיִשְׂבַּעyisba

be sated

To have plenty, be fed up.

Where else “yisba” appears
with reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpa

disgrace, reproach

Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.

Where else “cherpa” appears

The context

29Let him put his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

30 · This verse (above)

31For Adonai does not reject forever.

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