The Meaning of Lamentations 3:55 Explained

Lamentations 3:55

KJV: I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

YLT: I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.

Darby: I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.

ASV: I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I called  upon thy name,  O LORD,  out of the low  dungeon. 

What does Lamentations 3:55 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 3:55 mean?

I called on Your name Yahweh from the pit lowest
קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִבּ֖וֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת

קָרָ֤אתִי  I  called  on 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
שִׁמְךָ֙  Your  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
יְהוָ֔ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מִבּ֖וֹר  from  the  pit 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּור 
Sense: pit, well, cistern.
תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת  lowest 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תַּחְתִּי  
Sense: low, lower, lowest.