Lamentations 3:7
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.”
כָּבַד
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
יָצָא
I will go out
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יָצָא
To go out, to come out, to bring out. Yatsa. God brought Israel out of Egypt. He brings us out of every form of bondage with a mighty hand.
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נְחֹשֶׁת
bronze fetters/ my
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נְחֹשֶׁת
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
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בְּעַד
behind/ me
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בְּעַד
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
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גָּדַר
he has walled up
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גָּדַר
to wall in or around
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