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Lamentations 3:41

In Lamentations 3 of Lamentations.

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

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נִשָּׂ֤אnisalift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “lift up”, a determination or requestH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…לְבָבֵ֨נוּ֙levavenvbreastלֵבָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3824the heart (as the most interior organ);[phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).כַּפָּ֔יִםkapayimhand , -dle,כַּףnoun, common, feminine, dual, absolute — “hand , -dle,”, the ordinary formH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אֵ֖לelidolאֵלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “idol”, the ordinary formH410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'בַּשָּׁמָֽיִםbashamayimin heavenשָׁמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Young’s Literal Translation

We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.

World English Bible

Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

Darby Translation

Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.

Douay-Rheims

Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the lofty One in heaven.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀναλάβωμεν καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χειρῶν πρὸς ὑψηλὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ.

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