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Watersמַיִםflowedצָפוּover my head;עַל רֹאשִׁיI said,אָמַרְתִּי“I am cut off.”נִגְזָרְתִּי
Lamentations 3:54
Study it in the app“Waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:54, word by word
- Watersמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- flowedצָפוּtsafu
flood
Water rising and covering.
Where else “tsafu” appears- over my headרֹאשִׁroshi
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appears- I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- “I am cut offנִגְזָרְתִּיnigzarti
cut off
To be shut off, excluded.
Where else “nigzarti” appears
The context
53They have ended in the cistern my life and cast a stone on me.
54 · This verse (above)
55I called on your name, YHWH, from the deepest cistern.