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Remember,זְכֹרYHWH,יְהוָהwhatמֶהhas happenedהָיָהto us;לָנוּlookהַבִּיטָהand seeוּרְאֵהour reproach.חֶרְפָּתֵנוּ
Lamentations 5:1
Study it in the app“Remember, YHWH, what has happened to us; look and see our reproach.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:1, word by word
- Rememberזְכֹרzechor
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zechor” 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- has happenedהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- lookהַבִּיטָhabita
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “habita” appears- and seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- our reproachחֶרְפָּתֵcherpate
disgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpate” appears
Translation note
This chapter is not an acrostic, but it has 22 verses, as many as the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.