Lamentations 3:56

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קוֹלִ֖י שָׁמָ֑עְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵ֧ם אָזְנְךָ֛ לְרַוְחָתִ֖י לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃

Transliteration

qôlî šāmāʿtā do not taʿlēm ʾāznekā to rawḥātî to šawʿātî

Grammar Details

*qôlî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my voice
*šāmāʿtā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you heard
*taʿlēm*: verb, hiphil imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - hide
*ʾāznekā*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ear
*rawḥātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my relief
*šawʿātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my cry

Word Meanings

*šāmāʿtā*: you heard/you listened to
*taʿlēm*: hide/shut/close
*rawḥātî*: my relief/my breathing room
*šawʿātî*: my cry/my outcry

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 55:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} on Neginoth, Maschil{H8688)}, A Psalm of David. Give ear{H8685)} to my prayer, O God; and hide{H8691)} not thyself from my supplication.
Job 34:28 : 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Ps 3:4 : 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Ps 6:8-9 : 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Ps 66:19 : 19 But verily God hath heard{H8804)} me; he hath attended{H8689)} to the voice of my prayer.
Ps 88:13-14 : 13 But unto thee have I cried{H8765)}, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent{H8762)} thee. 14 LORD, why castest thou off{H8799)} my soul? why hidest{H8686)} thou thy face from me?
Ps 116:1-2 : 1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Isa 38:5 : 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Rom 8:26 : 26 {G1161} Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
2 Chr 33:13 : 13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

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1To the chief Musician{H8764)} on Neginoth, Maschil{H8688)}, A Psalm of David. Give ear{H8685)} to my prayer, O God; and hide{H8691)} not thyself from my supplication.
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Ps 28:1-2
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