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I called onקָרָאתִיyour name,שִׁמְךָYHWH,יְהוָהfrom the deepestתַּחְתִּיּוֹתcistern.מִבּוֹר
Lamentations 3:55
Study it in the app“I called on your name, YHWH, from the deepest cistern.”
From the deepest pit, God drew near and told me not to fearPrayer
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:55, word by word
- I called onקָרָאתִיkarati
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “karati” appears- your nameשִׁמְshim
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shim” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- from the deepestתַּחְתִּיּוֹתtachtiyot
lowest
Lowest, the lower level; the depths.
Where else “tachtiyot” appears- cisternבּוֹרbor
dungeon
An empty pit used as a prison.
Where else “bor” appears
The context
54Waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off.”
55 · This verse (above)
56My voice you heard; do not hide your ear to my relief, to my cry for help.