Lamentations 3:5
Strong's Lexicon
He has besieged
בָּנָ֥ה (bā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1129: 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

me
עָלַ֛י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

and surrounded me
וַיַּקַּ֖ף (way·yaq·qap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5362: 1) to strike, strike off 1a) (Piel) to strike off skin 2) to go around, compass, round 2a) (Qal) to go around 2b) (Hiphil) 2b1) to go around, surround, encompass, enclose 2b2) to make the round, complete the circuit 2b3) to make round, round off

with bitterness
רֹ֥אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7219: 1) gall, venom, bitter, poisonous

and hardship.
וּתְלָאָֽה׃ (ū·ṯə·lā·’āh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8513: 1) toil, hardship, distress, weariness

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He has laid siege against me, encircling me with bitterness and hardship.

New American Standard Bible
He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.

King James Bible
He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

New Living Translation
He has besieged and surrounded me with anguish and distress.

English Standard Version
he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;

New American Standard Bible
He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.

King James Bible
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He has laid siege against me, encircling me with bitterness and hardship.

International Standard Version
He laid siege against me, surrounding me with bitterness and suffering.

NET Bible
He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.

American Standard Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

English Revised Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
















Cross References
Luke 21:20
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

Lamentations 3:19
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

Lamentations 3:3
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

Lamentations 3:2
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

Lamentations 3:6
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

Lamentations 3:8
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
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