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Whyלָמָּהdo you forget usתִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּforever,לָנֶצַחwhy do you forsake usתַּעַזְבֵנוּfor lengthלְאֹרֶךְof days?יָמִים
Lamentations 5:20
Study it in the app“Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for length of days?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:20, word by word
- do you forget usתִּשְׁכָּחֵtishkache
forget
Forget.
Where else “tishkache” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- why do you forsake usתַּעַזְבֵtaazve
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “taazve” appears- for lengthאֹרֶךְorech
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “orech” appears- of daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
19You, YHWH, remain forever; your throne is from generation to generation.
20 · This verse (above)
21Bring us back, YHWH, to you, and we will return; renew our days as of old.