18{
"verseID": "Lamentations.3.18",
"source": "וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "*wāʾōmar* *ʾābad* *niṣḥî* and *tôḥaltî* from *YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*wāʾōmar*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 1st person singular - and I said",
"*ʾābad*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - perished",
"*niṣḥî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my endurance",
"*tôḥaltî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hope",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾābad*": "perished/is gone/is lost",
"*niṣḥî*": "my endurance/my strength/my splendor",
"*tôḥaltî*": "my hope/my expectation"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Lamentations.3.19",
"source": "זְכָר־עָנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י לַעֲנָ֥ה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃",
"text": "*zekār* *ʿānyî* and *merûdî* *laʿănâ* and *rōʾš*",
"grammar": {
"*zekār*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - remember",
"*ʿānyî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my affliction",
"*merûdî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my homelessness",
"*laʿănâ*": "noun, feminine singular - wormwood",
"*rōʾš*": "noun, masculine singular - poison/gall"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿānyî*": "my affliction/my misery",
"*merûdî*": "my homelessness/my wandering/my restlessness",
"*rōʾš*": "poison/gall/venom/bitterness"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Lamentations.3.20",
"source": "זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר *ותשיח **וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃",
"text": "*zākôr* *tizkôr* and *tāšôaḥ* upon *ʿālay* *napšî*",
"grammar": {
"*zākôr*": "verb, qal infinitive absolute - remember",
"*tizkôr*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will remember",
"*tāšôaḥ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - bows down",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - upon me",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul"
},
"variants": {
"*zākôr tizkôr*": "you will surely remember/remembering you will remember",
"*tāšôaḥ*": "bows down/is humbled/sinks down",
"*napšî*": "my soul/my life/myself"
}
}
21{
"verseID": "Lamentations.3.21",
"source": "זֹ֛את אָשִׁ֥יב אֶל־לִבִּ֖י עַל־כֵּ֥ן אוֹחִֽיל׃",
"text": "*zōʾt* *ʾāšîb* to *libbî* therefore *ʾôḥîl*",
"grammar": {
"*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this",
"*ʾāšîb*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will return/bring back",
"*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my heart",
"*ʾôḥîl*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will hope/wait"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāšîb*": "I will return/I will bring back/I will recall",
"*libbî*": "my heart/my mind/my inner self",
"*ʾôḥîl*": "I will hope/I will wait"
}
}