The Meaning of Lamentations 3:53 Explained

Lamentations 3:53

KJV: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

YLT: They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.

Darby: They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.

ASV: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They have cut off  my life  in the dungeon,  and cast  a stone  upon me. 

What does Lamentations 3:53 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 3:53 mean?

They silenced in the pit my life and threw stones at me
צָֽמְת֤וּ בַבּוֹר֙ חַיָּ֔י וַיַּדּוּ־ אֶ֖בֶן בִּֽי

צָֽמְת֤וּ  They  silenced 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: צָמַת  
Sense: to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate.
בַבּוֹר֙  in  the  pit 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּור 
Sense: pit, well, cistern.
חַיָּ֔י  my  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
וַיַּדּוּ־  and  threw 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.
אֶ֖בֶן  stones 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
בִּֽי  at  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular