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Lamentations 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.


Lamentations 5:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 5:37 words
HebrewMeaning
יְתוֹמִ֤יםyətwōmiym
fatherless onesnounH3490
orphan
הָיִ֨ינוּ֙hāyiynw
we have becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
איןʾyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
וְ/אֵ֣יןwəʾēyn
elseconjH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אָ֔בʾāb
is a fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אִמֹּתֵ֖י/נוּʾimōtēynw
mothers ournounH517
mother · parting
כְּ/אַלְמָנֽוֹתkəʾaləmānwōt
are like widowspronH490
widow
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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The heart of worship - Lamentations 5
Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss. God is faithful in every circumstance. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words ...
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