Lamentations 3:12 — Hebrew Bible interlinear

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strong's
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. דָּרַךְ
2. דָּרַךְ
3. He has bent
4. He bent
5. H1869 ↗
6. V-Vqp3ms
7. he_has_bent
8. S
9. Y-588
10. 332503
1. קַשְׁת,וֹ
2. קֶשֶׁת · הוּא
3. bow of his
4. his bow
5. H7198 ↗
6. O-Ncfsc,Sp3ms
7. bow_of,his
8. -
9. Y-588
10. 332504
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -
8. -
9. -
10. 332505
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -
8. -
9. -
10. 332506
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -
8. -
9. -
10. 332507
1. וַ,יַּצִּיבֵ,נִי
2. וְ · נָצַב · הוּא
3. and he has set me up
4. and set me up
5. H5324 ↗
6. VO-C,Vhw3ms,Sp1cs
7. and,he,has_set_me_up
8. -
9. Y-588
10. 332508
1. כַּ,מַּטָּרָא
2. כְּ · מַטָּרָה
3. like target
4. like target
5. H4307 ↗
6. S-Rd,Ncfsa
7. like,target
8. -
9. Y-588
10. 332509
1. לַ,חֵץ
2. לְ · חֵץ
3. for arrow
4. for arrow
5. H2671 ↗
6. S-Rd,Ncmsa
7. for,arrow
8. -
9. Y-588
10. 332510
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 332511
2. -
3. -
4. -
5. -
6. -x-samekh
8. -
9. -
10. 332512

OET-LV He _has _bent bow _of_his[fn][fn][fn] and_he_has _set _me _up like_target for_arrow.

3:12 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

3:12 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

3:12 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁת⁠וֹ֙ וַ⁠יַּצִּיבֵ֔⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: bent bow_of,his and,he,has_set_me_up like,target for,arrow )

Here the writer is speaking of God as if he were an archer who bent his bow and aimed at him as a target. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He prepared to attack me and made me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כַּ⁠מַּטָּרָ֖א לַ⁠חֵֽץ

(Some words not found in UHB: bent bow_of,his and,he,has_set_me_up like,target for,arrow )

The point of this comparison is that just as a target is set up to be struck by arrows, so God has set the writer up to receive his arrows of affliction. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [as something to be struck by the arrow]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strong's
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. He has bent
2. He bent
3. H1869 ↗
4. דָּרַ֤ךְ
5. דָּרַךְ
6. V-Vqp3ms
7. he_has_bent
8. S
9. Y-588
10. 332503
1. bow of his
2. his bow
3. H7198 ↗
4. קַשְׁת,וֹ֙
5. קֶשֶׁת · הוּא
6. O-Ncfsc,Sp3ms
7. bow_of,his
8. -
9. Y-588
10. 332504
1. and he has set me up
2. and set me up
3. H5324 ↗
4. וַ,יַּצִּיבֵ֔,נִי
5. וְ · נָצַב · הוּא
6. VO-C,Vhw3ms,Sp1cs
7. and,he,has_set_me_up
8. -
9. Y-588
10. 332508
1. like target
2. like target
3. H4307 ↗
4. כַּ,מַּטָּרָ֖א
5. כְּ · מַטָּרָה
6. S-Rd,Ncfsa
7. like,target
8. -
9. Y-588
10. 332509
1. for arrow
2. for arrow
3. H2671 ↗
4. לַ,חֵֽץ
5. לְ · חֵץ
6. S-Rd,Ncmsa
7. for,arrow
8. -
9. Y-588
10. 332510

OET-LV He _has _bent bow _of_his[fn][fn][fn] and_he_has _set _me _up like_target for_arrow.

3:12 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

3:12 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

3:12 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.

OET interlinear LAM 3:12

Hebrew word order

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)