Lamentations 3:4

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

בלה בִּלָּה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בלה

bâlâh

Definition

to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend); consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1086

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בָּלָה

noun • Root בלה • Strongs / High • Page 247

The withered, decrepid; vanished as dust.

בָּלָה

noun feminine / noun proper • Root בלה • Strongs / High • Page 247

1. The withered, emaciated. 2. Proper name of a city.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּלָה

verb • Page 99

1. to be old, worn, spoken of garments. Josh. 9:13. Deut. 8:4. 2. to be old, faded, spoken of persons. Gen. 18:12. 3. to be consumed (of bones, or by rottenness). Ps. 32:3. Job 13:28. Pi: to cause to grow old or waste away. Lam. 3:4.

בָּלָה

fem. adj. • Page 100

old, worn out; spoken of garments (Josh. 9:4, 5) and of persons (Ezek. 23:43).

בַּלָּה

verb • Page 100

To terrify. Found only in Piel. Once Ezra 4:4 Kethib.

בְּלוֹ

noun • Page 100

A tax on consumable articles, an excise; or rather an oppressive tax; a tribute generally (Ezra 4:13, 20, 7:24).

Verb Piel perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐπαλαιώθη παλαιωθήσεται κατετρίβη

LXX Usage Statistics

H1086:

ἐπαλαιώθη 2× (12.0%)

παλαιωθήσεται 2× (12.0%)

κατετρίβη 2× (12.0%)

בשרי בְשָׂרִי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בשר

bâsâr

Definition

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

Root

from H1319 (בשר);

Exhaustive

from בשר; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1320

י

Definition

my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9020

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּשַׂר

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 286

Aramaic masculine noun meaning flesh; the same as Hebrew בָּשָׂר.

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּשַׂר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 285

I. (Kal unused) to utter sounds, words; to show, to make manifest; to announce (tidings, intelligence), good or bad

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּשַׂר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 285

II. (not used) belonging to the proper name בְּשׂוֹר; to be cool, fresh

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּשַׂר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 285

III. (not used) intr. to swell up, to be full, spoken of the body being full of flesh

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּשָׂר

noun masculine • Root בשר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 285

1. flesh, of the body of beasts or men; meat. 2. Metaphor. body (opposed to heart or spirit). 3. In a collective sense: living beings, the human race (flesh and blood).

Matched via consonantal key only

בִּשֵּׂר

verb • Root בשר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 285

(Piel) to announce, to relate, to tell of; to announce good, glad tidings; in participle: a messenger of good things, a bringer of good news

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּשַׂר

m. chald. • Page 119

flesh, as in Heb. (Dan. 2:11, 4:9 [12]).

בָּשָׂר

m. dec. iv. a. • Page 119

1. flesh (Ps. 102:6). 2. body (Num. 8:7, Prov. 14:30). 3. all flesh, for all living creatures (Gen. 6:13). Often denotes what is human, frail, mortal, in opposition to God (Gen. 6:3, Ps. 56:5). 4. my bone and my flesh, i. e. my relative (Gen. 29:14). 5. by a euphemism, pudenda viri (Lev. 15:2, Ezek. 16:26).

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

LXX: κρέα σάρκασ σὰρξ σάρκα κρεῶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H1320:

κρέα 50× (17.6%)

σάρκασ 24× (7.9%)

σὰρξ 23× (8.8%)

σάρκα 19× (6.9%)

κρεῶν 16× (5.1%)

σῶμα 15× (4.9%)

σαρκὸσ 14× (5.0%)

σάρκεσ 12× (4.0%)

κρέασ 11× (4.2%)

σαρκόσ 10× (3.6%)

ועורי וְעוֹרִי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

עור

ʻôwr

Definition

skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather

Root

from H5783 (עור);

Exhaustive

from עור; skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather; hide, leather, skin.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5785

י

Definition

my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9020

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עוֹר

noun • Root עור • Strongs / High • Page 1070

As a noun, see עֹר (cross-reference).

עוֹר

noun masculine • Root עור • Strongs / High • Page 1070

1. The skin, of a man, of animals; leather, corium, hide. Applied covering and overlaying. Poet. = body. Used in the proverb 'skin for skin'. (Includes alternative spelling עֹר).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עוֹר

m. dec. i. • Root עור • Page 497

1. the human skin (Ex. 34:30, 35; Job 7:5). 2. the hide or skin of an animal (Gen. 3:21). 3. leather (Lev. 13:48).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

LXX: δέρματι δέρμα δέρματα δέρματοσ δερματίνῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5785:

δέρματι 27× (23.2%)

δέρμα 16× (15.9%)

δέρματα 15× (15.0%)

δέρματοσ 15× (14.6%)

δερματίνῳ 6× (6.9%)

δερμάτινον 4× (4.6%)

βύρσαν 3× (2.8%)

--- 2× (2.3%)

?ἡ 2× (2.1%)

'' 2× (1.9%)

שבר שִׁבַּר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שבר

shâbar

Definition

to burst (literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שבר).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7665

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שָׁבַר

verb • Root שבר • Strongs / High • Page 1378

1. To break in pieces, to reduce to fragments, by man's hand. 2. Figuratively: To destroy hard dominion or high power; to take away the support of bread; to destroy a military people; to grieve (break the heart); to break off a limit, i.e. to appoint.

שָׁבַר

verb • Root שבר • Strongs / High • Page 1378

(Not used) To press out, to put forth fruit; and so intrans. to sprout, to grow. (Fundamental signification proceeds from breaking forth or breaking through.)

שָׁבַר

verb • Root שבר • Strongs / High • Page 1379

(Denominative) 1. To buy grain or food. 2. To sell corn.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׂבֶר

m. verbal • Root שבר • Page 634

hope. Ps. 119:116. 146:5.

שָׂבַר

verb • Root שבר • Page 634

to observe, view. Neh. 2:13, 15. Pi. 1. to wait. Ruth 1:13. 2. to hope. Est. 9:1. Ps. 104:27. 3. perhaps to praise. Is. 38:18.

שֶׁבֶר

noun • Root שבר • Page 653

1. A breaking (Is. 30:14). 2. A wound, injury, or breach (Lev. 21:19); includes 'שֶׁבֶר רוּחַ' a broken heart (Is. 65:14). 3. Ruin, destruction (Lam. 2:11). 4. A solution or explanation of a dream (Judg. 7:15). 5. Plural 'שְׁבָרִים' terrour (Job 41).

שָׁבַר

verb • Page 653

1. To break in pieces (Jer. 2:20). 2. To tear in pieces, of animals (1 K. 13:26). 3. To assuage thirst (Ps. 104:11). 4. To destroy (Dan. 11:26). 5. To cut off, appoint (Job 38:10). 6. To buy or sell grain (Gen. 41:56, 47:14). Includes Niph. (to be broken), Pi. (to break or smite), Hiph. (to let break through; to sell), and Hoph. (to be wounded).

Verb Piel perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: συνέτριψεν συνετρίβη συντρίψω συνέτριψασ συντριβήσεται

LXX Usage Statistics

H7665:

συνέτριψεν 16× (10.7%)

συνετρίβη 15× (10.2%)

συντρίψω 13× (8.8%)

συνέτριψασ 7× (5.0%)

συντριβήσεται 6× (4.3%)

συνέτριψα 6× (4.1%)

συνέτριψαν 6× (4.1%)

συντριβήσονται 5× (3.2%)

συνετρίβησαν 4× (2.9%)

συντρίψετε 4× (2.8%)

עצמותי עַצְמוֹתָי׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עצם

ʻetsem

Definition

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame

Root

from H6105 (עצם);

Exhaustive

from עצם; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame; body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6106

י

Definition

my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9020

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֶצֶם

noun masculine • Root עצם • Strongs / High • Page 1121

1. The hard, the firm, a pile of wood. 2. Commonly, a bone, often referring to the bone of a dead person.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַצְמוֹת

f. verbal • Root עצם • Page 522

Strong reasons, arguments (Is. 41:21). In Talmud: argumenta valida.

עֶצֶם

m. verbal • Root עצם • Page 522

1. strength (Deut. 8:17, Job 30:21). 2. body, frame (Ps. 139:15).

עֶצֶם

f. verbal from עָצַם • Root עצם • Page 521

1. a bone. Gen. 2:23. 2. body, form, appearance. Lam. 4:7. 3. the same, very, itself, in reference to things; e.g. עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה (the self-same day).

Noun common feminine plural construct, Suffix pronominal first person both singular

LXX: ὀστᾶ ὀστέοισ ὀστῶν ὀστοῦν ὀστέων

LXX Usage Statistics

H6106:

ὀστᾶ 65× (46.1%)

ὀστέοισ 7× (4.9%)

ὀστῶν 7× (5.0%)

ὀστοῦν 6× (4.8%)

ὀστέων 6× (4.7%)

ἡμέρασ 4× (2.6%)

ταύτῃ 3× (2.2%)

--- 3× (2.6%)

ὀστέα 3× (2.2%)

σήμερον 3× (1.9%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
He wasted away my flesh and my skin; he broke my bones.

LITV Translation:
He has wasted my flesh and my skin. He has shattered my bones.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
He has made old my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.