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Lamentations 3:51

Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

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עֵינִי֙eynieye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…עֽוֹלְלָ֣הolelahgleanעָלַלverb, poel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “glean”, a completed actionH5953to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)abuse, affect, [idiom] child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully).לְנַפְשִׁ֔יlenafshito creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to 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,…מִכֹּ֖לmikolfrom allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).בְּנ֥וֹתbenotdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.עִירִֽיiricityעִירnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Mine eye affected my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

Young’s Literal Translation

My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.

World English Bible

My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

Darby Translation

Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

Douay-Rheims

Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Mine eye affected my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Mine eye shall prey upon my soul, because of all the daughters of the city.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπιφυλλιεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν μου παρὰ πάσας θυγατέρας πόλεως.