Verse 6

{ "verseID": "Lamentations.3.6", "source": "בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃", "text": "In *maḥăšakkîm* *hôšîbanî* like *mētê* *ʿôlām*", "grammar": { "*maḥăšakkîm*": "noun, masculine plural - dark places", "*hôšîbanî*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he caused me to dwell/sit", "*mētê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - dead ones of", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - long duration/eternity" }, "variants": { "*maḥăšakkîm*": "dark places/darkness", "*hôšîbanî*": "he caused me to dwell/he made me sit", "*mētê*": "dead ones/corpses", "*ʿôlām*": "long duration/eternity/antiquity/perpetuity" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 88:5-6 : 5 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.5", "source": "נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃", "text": "*neḥšavtî* with-*yôrədê* *bôr* *hāyîtî* like-*gever* without-*ʾĕyāl*", "grammar": { "*neḥšavtî*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I am considered/counted", "*yôrədê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - those going down to", "*bôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern/grave", "*hāyîtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become/been", "*gever*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/strong man", "*ʾĕyāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - strength/help" }, "variants": { "*neḥšavtî*": "I am considered/counted/reckoned/regarded as", "*yôrədê*": "those going down to/descending to", "*bôr*": "pit/cistern/grave/dungeon", "*gever*": "man/strong man/warrior/male", "*ʾĕyāl*": "strength/help/vigor/power" } } 6 { "verseID": "Psalms.88.6", "source": "בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃", "text": "Among-the-*mētîm* *ḥāpšî* like *ḥălālîm* *šōkəvê* *qever* who not *zəkartām* again and-*hēmmâ* from-*yādəkā* *nigzārû*", "grammar": { "*mētîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - dead ones", "*ḥāpšî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - free/set free", "*ḥălālîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - slain/wounded/pierced", "*šōkəvê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - lying in", "*qever*": "noun, masculine, singular - grave/tomb", "*zəkartām*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you remember them", "*hēmmâ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they", "*yādəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand", "*nigzārû*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are cut off" }, "variants": { "*mētîm*": "dead ones/dead people/corpses", "*ḥāpšî*": "free/set free/released/abandoned", "*ḥălālîm*": "slain/wounded/pierced/profaned", "*šōkəvê*": "lying in/resting in", "*qever*": "grave/tomb/burial place", "*nigzārû*": "they are cut off/severed/excluded" } }
  • Ps 143:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.143.3", "source": "כִּ֥י רָ֘דַ֤ף אוֹיֵ֨ב ׀ נַפְשִׁ֗י דִּכָּ֣א לָ֭אָרֶץ חַיָּתִ֑י הוֹשִׁיבַ֥נִי בְ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃", "text": "*Kî* *rāḏap̄* *'ôyēḇ* *nap̄šî*, *dikkā'* to *lā'āreṣ* *ḥayyāṯî*; *hôšîḇanî* in *maḥăšakkîm* like *mēṯê* *'ôlām*.", "grammar": { "*Kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*rāḏap̄*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has pursued", "*'ôyēḇ*": "noun, masculine, singular - enemy", "*nap̄šî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life", "*dikkā'*": "piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has crushed", "*lā'āreṣ*": "preposition lamed + article + noun, feminine, singular - to the ground", "*ḥayyāṯî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my life", "*hôšîḇanî*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he has made me dwell", "*ḇemaḥăšakkîm*": "preposition bet + noun, masculine, plural - in dark places", "*kemēṯê*": "preposition kaf + noun, masculine, plural, construct - like dead of", "*'ôlām*": "noun, masculine, singular - forever/ancient time/long ago" }, "variants": { "*rāḏap̄*": "pursued/persecuted/chased", "*'ôyēḇ*": "enemy/foe/adversary", "*nap̄šî*": "my soul/my life/myself", "*dikkā'*": "crushed/broke/smashed", "*ḥayyāṯî*": "my life/my vitality/my living being", "*hôšîḇanî*": "made me dwell/caused me to sit/placed me", "*maḥăšakkîm*": "dark places/darkness/obscurity", "*mēṯê 'ôlām*": "dead of forever/those long dead/ancient dead" } }
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Psalms.143.7", "source": "מַ֘הֵ֤ר עֲנֵ֨נִי ׀ יְהוָה֮ כָּלְתָ֢ה ר֫וּחִ֥י אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֣ר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּ֑נִּי וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי עִם־יֹ֥רְדֵי בֽוֹר׃", "text": "*Mahēr* *'ănēnî* *YHWH*, *kālṯāh* *rûḥî*; *'al*-*tastēr* *pāneḵā* from *mimmennî* and *nimšaltî* with *yōrḏê* *ḇôr*.", "grammar": { "*Mahēr*": "piel imperative, masculine, singular - hasten/make haste", "*'ănēnî*": "qal imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - answer me", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*kālṯāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has failed/ended", "*rûḥî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spirit", "*'al-tastēr*": "negative particle + hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular, jussive - do not hide", "*pāneḵā*": "noun, masculine, plural, construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face", "*mimmennî*": "preposition min + 1st person singular suffix - from me", "*wenimšaltî*": "conjunction + niphal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will be like/compared", "*'im-yōrḏê*": "preposition + qal participle, masculine, plural, construct - with those who go down to", "*ḇôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit" }, "variants": { "*Mahēr*": "hasten/hurry/quickly", "*'ănēnî*": "answer me/respond to me", "*kālṯāh*": "has failed/is spent/has ended", "*rûḥî*": "my spirit/my breath/my life", "*'al-tastēr pāneḵā*": "do not hide your face/do not turn away", "*nimšaltî*": "I will be like/I will be compared to/I will resemble", "*yōrḏê ḇôr*": "those who go down to the pit/those descending to the grave" } }