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My eyeעֵינִיruns downתֵּרַדwith streamsפַּלְגֵיof waterמַיִםbecause of the shatteringעַל שֶׁבֶרof the daughterבַּתof my people.עַמִּי
Lamentations 3:48
Study it in the app“My eye runs down with streams of water because of the shattering of the daughter of my people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:48, word by word
- My eyeעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears- runs downתֵּרַדterad
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “terad” appears- with streamsפַּלְגֵיpalge
channel, stream
A small stream or channel of water, like those used for irrigation.
Where else “palge” appears- of waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- because of the shatteringשֶׁבֶרshever
ruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shever” appears- of the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears
The context
47Terror and pit have come upon us, devastation and shattering.
48 · This verse (above)
49My eye flows and does not cease, without respite,