Lamentations 5:5
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.”
נוּחַ
to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
רָדַף
we have been pursued
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רָדַף
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
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יָגַע
we have become weary
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יָגַע
properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
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צַוָּאר
neck/ our
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צַוָּאר
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
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