Lamentations 3:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃

Transliteration

dārak qaštô wayyaṣṣîbēnî like the maṭṭārāʾ for ḥēṣ

Grammar Details

*dārak*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - bent/tread
*qaštô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bow
*wayyaṣṣîbēnî*: verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and he set me up
*maṭṭārāʾ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the target
*ḥēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - arrow

Word Meanings

*dārak*: bent/tread/strung [a bow]
*wayyaṣṣîbēnî*: and he set me up/and he positioned me/and he fixed me
*maṭṭārāʾ*: target/mark
*ḥēṣ*: arrow/shaft

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 7:20 : 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Ps 38:2 : 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}.
Lam 2:4 : 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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