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Lamentations 5:20

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

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לָ֤מָּהlamahto howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.לָנֶ֨צַח֙lanetsachto alwayנֶצַחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to alway”, the ordinary formH5331properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)alway(-s), constantly, end, ([phrase] n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּtishkachenvforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “forget”, an unfinished actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּtaazvenvcommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “commit self”, an unfinished actionH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.לְאֹ֥רֶךְleorekhto lengthאֹרֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to length”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH753length[phrase] forever, length, long.יָמִֽיםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

Young’s Literal Translation

Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

World English Bible

Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?

Darby Translation

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?

Douay-Rheims

Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Wherefore wilt thou utterly forget us, and abandon us a long time?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἱνατί εἰς νῖκος ἐπιλήσῃ ἡμῶν, καταλείψεις ἡμᾶς εἰς μακρότητα ἡμερῶν;