Lamentations 3:8
Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
רוּעַ
rûwaʻ
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
עָצָה
ʻâtsâh
properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes)
תְּפִלָּה
tᵉphillâh
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
Key Terms in This Verse
עָצָה ʻâtsâh
properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes)
Study H6095 →רוּעַ rûwaʻ
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
Study H7321 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →Cross References
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
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