King James Version

Lamentations 3:20

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

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זָכ֣וֹרzakhorbe maleזָכַרverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “be male”, the verb used for emphasisH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.תִּזְכּ֔וֹרtizkorbe maleזָכַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be male”, an unfinished actionH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.ותשיחvtshychand inclineשׁוּחַconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and incline”, an unfinished actionH7743to sink, literally or figurativelybow down, incline, humble.וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַvetashochaand inclineשׁוּחַconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and incline”, an unfinished actionH7743to sink, literally or figurativelybow down, incline, humble.עָלַ֖יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…נַפְשִֽׁיnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.

World English Bible

My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.

Darby Translation

My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Douay-Rheims

Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and my soul shall meditate with me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ καταδολεσχήσει ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἡ ψυχή μου.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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