The Meaning of Lamentations 5:17 Explained

Lamentations 5:17

KJV: For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

YLT: For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

Darby: For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,

ASV: For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For this our heart  is faint;  for these [things] our eyes  are dim. 

What does Lamentations 5:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 5

1  A complaint of Zion in prayer unto God

What do the individual words in Lamentations 5:17 mean?

because of this is faint our heart of these [things] grow dim our eyes
עַל־ זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ

עַל־  because 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
זֶ֗ה  of  this 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
דָוֶה֙  faint 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: דָּוֶה  
Sense: faint, unwell.
לִבֵּ֔נוּ  our  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
אֵ֖לֶּה  of  these  [things] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
חָשְׁכ֥וּ  grow  dim 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: חָשַׁךְ 
Sense: to be or become dark, grow dim, be darkened, be black, be hidden.
עֵינֵֽינוּ  our  eyes 
Parse: Noun, cdc, first person common plural
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.