The Meaning of Lamentations 3:34 Explained

Lamentations 3:34

KJV: To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

YLT: To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,

Darby: To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

ASV: To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

To crush  under his feet  all the prisoners  of the earth, 

What does Lamentations 3:34 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 3:34 mean?

To crush under one's feet all the prisoners of the earth
לְדַכֵּא֙ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל אֲסִ֥ירֵי אָֽרֶץ

לְדַכֵּא֙  To  crush 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּכָא  
Sense: to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken.
תַּ֣חַת  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
רַגְלָ֔יו  one's  feet 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
אֲסִ֥ירֵי  the  prisoners 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אָסִיר  
Sense: prisoner, captive, bondman.
אָֽרֶץ  of  the  earth 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.