17{
"verseID": "Lamentations.3.17",
"source": "וַתִּזְנַ֧ח מִשָּׁל֛וֹם נַפְשִׁ֖י נָשִׁ֥יתִי טוֹבָֽה׃",
"text": "*wattiznaḥ* from *šālôm* *napšî* *nāšîtî* *ṭôbâ*",
"grammar": {
"*wattiznaḥ*": "verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 2nd person masculine singular - and you rejected",
"*šālôm*": "noun, masculine singular - peace",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul",
"*nāšîtî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I forgot",
"*ṭôbâ*": "noun, feminine singular - goodness"
},
"variants": {
"*wattiznaḥ*": "and you rejected/and you cast away/and you refused",
"*šālôm*": "peace/well-being/prosperity",
"*napšî*": "my soul/my life/my self",
"*ṭôbâ*": "goodness/prosperity/welfare"
}
}
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"
}
}