Lamentations 3:41

“Let us lift up our heart with our palms to El in the heavens.”

Lamentations 3:41 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 3:41, word by word

Let us lift upנִשָּׂאnisa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “nisa” appears
our heartלְבָבֵlevave

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

Where else “levave” appears
with our palmsכַּפָּיִםkapayim

palm

The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.

Where else “kapayim” appears
to Elאֵלel

El, God, god

"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".

Where else “el” appears
in the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim

heaven

God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".

Where else “shamayim” appears

The context

40Let us search our ways and examine them, and let us return to YHWH.

41 · This verse (above)

42We have transgressed and rebelled; you have not forgiven.

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