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He has builtבָּנָהagainst meעָלַיand surrounded meוַיַּקַּףwith poisonרֹאשׁand hardship.וּתְלָאָה
Lamentations 3:5
Study it in the app“He has built against me and surrounded me with poison and hardship.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:5, word by word
- He has builtבָּנָהbana
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bana” appears- and surrounded meיַּקַּףyakaf
go around
To go around a city, or to enclose someone on every side.
Where else “yakaf” appears- with poisonרֹאשׁrosh
poison plant
A bitter, harmful plant.
Where else “rosh” appears- and hardshipתְלָאָהtelaa
hardship
Hardship, wearying trouble.
Where else “telaa” appears
The context
4He has worn out my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
5 · This verse (above)
6In dark places he has made me dwell, like those dead long ago.