Lamentations 3:4

“He has worn out my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.”

Lamentations 3:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 3:4, word by word

He has worn outבִּלָּהbila

consume

To consume someone little by little, with suffering or oppression.

Where else “bila” appears
my fleshבְשָׂרִvesari

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

Where else “vesari” appears
and my skinעוֹרִori

skin, leather

Skin, hide; leather.

Where else “ori” appears
he has brokenשִׁבַּרshibar

break

To break something to pieces.

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my bonesעַצְמוֹתָatsmota

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

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The context

3Surely against me he turns back, he turns his hand all the day.

4 · This verse (above)

5He has built against me and surrounded me with poison and hardship.

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