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Lamentations 3:12 Interlinear

“He hath bent his bow and set me as a mark for the arrow”

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Lamentations 3 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	דָּרַ֤ךְ	H1869	He hath bent	to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
2	קַשְׁתּוֹ֙	H7198	his bow	a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
3	וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי	H5324	and set	to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
4	כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א	H4307	me as a mark	a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
5	לַחֵֽץ׃	H2671	for the arrow	properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear

Lamentations 3:12 (current)He hath bent his bow and set me as a mark for the arrow