Lamentations 3:7

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy."

Word-by-Word Analysis

He hath

גָּדַר

gâdar

H1443

to wall in or around

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me

סָבִיב

çâbîyb

H5439

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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that I

יָכֹל

yâkôl

H3201

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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out he hath

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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my

הַמְנִיךְ

hamnîyk

H2002

a necklace

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כָּבֵד

kâbêd

H3515

heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)

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Key Terms in This Verse

hedged H1443

גָּדַר gâdar

to wall in or around

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chain H2002

הַמְנִיךְ hamnîyk

a necklace

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heavy H3515

כָּבֵד kâbêd

heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)

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get H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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cannot H3201

יָכֹל yâkôl

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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about H5439

סָבִיב çâbîyb

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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made H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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Cross References

Job 19:8 cross-reference

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Job 3:23 cross-reference

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Psalm 88:8 cross-reference

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Lamentations 1:14 cross-reference

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able ...

Hosea 2:6 cross-reference

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

Jeremiah 40:4 cross-reference

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto...

Jeremiah 38:6 cross-reference

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no wat...

Lamentations 3:9 cross-reference

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

Lamentations 5:5 cross-reference

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

Daniel 9:12 cross-reference

And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upo...

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