Lamentations 3:19
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Word-by-Word Analysis
זָכַר
zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
לַעֲנָה
laʻănâh
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Key Terms in This Verse
זָכַר zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Study H2142 →עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →לַעֲנָה laʻănâh
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)
Study H3939 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Study H7219 →Cross References
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princ...
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