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My voiceקוֹלִיyou heard;שָׁמָעְתָּdo notאַלhideתַּעְלֵםyour earאָזְנְךָto my relief,לְרַוְחָתִיto my cry for help.לְשַׁוְעָתִי
Lamentations 3:56
Study it in the app“My voice you heard; do not hide your ear to my relief, to my cry for help.”
From the deepest pit, God drew near and told me not to fearPrayer
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:56, word by word
- My voiceקוֹלִkoli
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “koli” appears- you heardשָׁמָעְתָּshamata
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamata” appears- hideתַּעְלֵםtalem
ignore
To turn the eyes away; to look the other way when something must be done.
Where else “talem” appears- your earאָזְנְazn
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azn” appears- to my reliefרַוְחָתִravchati
relief
Relief, respite.
Where else “ravchati” appears- to my cry for helpשַׁוְעָתִshavati
cry for help
Cry for help.
Where else “shavati” appears
The context
55I called on your name, YHWH, from the deepest cistern.
56 · This verse (above)
57You came near on the day I called on you; you said, “Do not fear.”