Lamentations 3:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃

Transliteration

gam when kî ʾezʿaq waʾăšawwēaʿ śātam tepillātî

Grammar Details

*gam*: adverb - also/even
*kî*: conjunction - when/that/because
*ʾezʿaq*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry out
*waʾăšawwēaʿ*: verb, piel imperfect consecutive, 1st person singular - and I cry for help
*śātam*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he shut out
*tepillātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer

Word Meanings

*gam*: also/even/moreover/indeed
*kî*: when/that/because/although
*ʾezʿaq*: I cry out/I call/I scream
*waʾăšawwēaʿ*: and I cry for help/and I plead
*śātam*: he shut out/he blocked/he stopped

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 30:20 : 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Job 19:7 : 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Ps 80:4 : 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry{H8804)} against the prayer of thy people?
Lam 3:44 : 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Hab 1:2 : 2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Matt 27:46 : 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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