Lamentations 3:29
Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
Key Terms in This Verse
שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
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