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In dark placesבְּמַחֲשַׁכִּיםhe has made me dwell,הוֹשִׁיבַנִיlike those deadכְּמֵתֵיlong ago.עוֹלָם
Lamentations 3:6
Study it in the app“In dark places he has made me dwell, like those dead long ago.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:6, word by word
- In dark placesמַחֲשַׁכִּיםmachashakim
dark place
Darkness, a hiding place in the dark.
Where else “machashakim” appears- he has made me dwellהוֹשִׁיבַhoshiva
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “hoshiva” appears- like those deadמֵתֵיmete
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mete” appears- long agoעוֹלָםolam
of old
The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
5He has built against me and surrounded me with poison and hardship.
6 · This verse (above)
7He has walled around me, and I cannot go out; he has made heavy my chains.