Lamentations 3:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”

Lamentations 3:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 3:229 words

HebrewMeaning

חַֽסְדֵ֤יḥasədēy

the covenant loyalti ofnounH2617

good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···

יְהוָה֙yəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כִּ֣יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

לֹאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תָ֔מְנוּtāmənw

we have met our endverbH8552

cease · be clean ed · consume · have done ···

כִּ֥יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

לֹאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

כָל֖וּkālw

they come to an endverbH3615

cease · consume · determine · destroy ···

רַחֲמָֽי/וraḥămāyw

compassion hisnounH7356

compassion · damsel · tender love · (great ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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