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Lamentations 3:39 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?


Lamentations 3:39Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 3:398 words
HebrewMeaning
מַהmah
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙yitəʾwōnēn
complainverbH596
אָדָ֣םʾādām
man (meannounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
חָ֔יḥāy
aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
גֶּ֖בֶרgeber
every onenounH1397
man · mighty
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
חטא/וḥṭʾw
faultnounH2399
grievously · offence · sin
חֲטָאָֽי/וḥăṭāʾāyw
faultnounH2399
grievously · offence · sin
Words 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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