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They have endedצָמְתוּin the cisternבַבּוֹרmy lifeחַיָּיand castוַיַּדּוּa stoneאֶבֶןon me.בִּי
Lamentations 3:53
Study it in the app“They have ended in the cistern my life and cast a stone on me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:53, word by word
- They have endedצָמְתוּtsamtu
destroy, silence
To make an end of someone, to annihilate, to silence forever.
Where else “tsamtu” appears- in the cisternבּוֹרbor
grave
The place where the dead go down; the grave.
Where else “bor” appears- my lifeחַיָּchaya
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appears- and castיַּדּוּyadu
cast
To throw an arrow or a stone with force.
Where else “yadu” appears- a stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears
The context
52They have hunted me down like a bird, my enemies, without cause.
53 · This verse (above)
54Waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off.”