Lamentations 3:8

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He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.	Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.	He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Also when I cry^H2199 and shout^H7768, he shutteth out^H5640 my prayer^H8605.

Original Hebrew

גַּם כִּי אֶזְעַק וַאֲשַׁוֵּעַ שָׂתַם תְּפִלָּתִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
גַּ֣ם	gam	H1571	HTa	also
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	if
אֶזְעַק֙	'ez.'Ak	H2199	HVqi1cs	I will cry out
וַ/אֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ	va./'a.sha.Ve.a'	H7768	HC/Vpi1cs	and/ I may cry for help
שָׂתַ֖ם	sa.Tam	H5640	HVqp3ms	he has shut out
תְּפִלָּתִֽ/י	te.fi.la.T/i	H8605	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	prayer/ my

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H2199 — זָעַק (zâʻaq, zaw-ak'): a primitive root; to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly; assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
H5640 — סָתַם (çâtham, saw-tham'): or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root; to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret; closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
H7768 — שָׁוַע (shâvaʻ, shaw-vah'): a primitive root; properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble); cry (aloud, out), shout.
H8605 — תְּפִלָּה (tᵉphillâh, tef-il-law'): from פָּלַל; intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn; prayer.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Related Topics

Torrey’s: JUDGMENTS
Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, DESPONDENCY, DOUBTING, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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