Lamentations 3:5
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Key Terms in This Verse
רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Study H7219 →סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →Cross References
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone fo...
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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.
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, becau...
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit