Lamentations 3:54
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →Cross References
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
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