The Meaning of Lamentations 3:6 Explained

Lamentations 3:6

KJV: He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

YLT: In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.

Darby: He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.

ASV: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He hath set  me in dark places,  as [they that be] dead  of old. 

What does Lamentations 3:6 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 3:6 mean?

In dark places He has set me Like the dead of long ago -
בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם ס

בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים  In  dark  places 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַחְשָׁךְ  
Sense: dark place, darkness, secrecy.
הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי  He  has  set  me 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
כְּמֵתֵ֥י  Like  the  dead 
Parse: Preposition-k, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
עוֹלָֽם  of  long  ago 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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