Lamentations 3:45

“Scum and refuse you make us in the midst of the peoples.”

Lamentations 3:45 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 3:45, word by word

Scumסְחִיsechi

refuse, sweepings

Refuse, what is swept away.

Where else “sechi” appears
and refuseמָאוֹסmaos

rubbish

Rubbish, what is thrown out.

Where else “maos” appears
you make usתְּשִׂימֵtesime

make

To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".

Where else “tesime” appears
in the midstקֶרֶבkerev

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kerev” appears
of the peoplesעַמִּיםamim

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

Where else “amim” appears

The context

44You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer passes through.

45 · This verse (above)

46They have opened against us their mouth, all our enemies.

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