The Meaning of Lamentations 3:3 Explained

Lamentations 3:3

KJV: Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

YLT: Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.

Darby: Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.

ASV: Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Surely against me is he turned;  he turneth  his hand  [against me] all the day. 

What does Lamentations 3:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:3 mean?

Surely against me He has turned Time and time again His hand throughout the day -
אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ כָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם ס

אַ֣ךְ  Surely 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַךְ  
Sense: indeed, surely (emphatic).
בִּ֥י  against  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
יָשֻׁ֛ב  He  has  turned 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ  Time  and  time  again 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָפַךְ  
Sense: to turn, overthrow, overturn.
יָד֖וֹ  His  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
כָּל־  throughout 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַיּֽוֹם  the  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation