Lamentations 3:11
"He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

He hath turned aside my ways,.... Or caused me to depart or go back from the way I was in, and so fall into the hand of the enemy that lay in wait,

as before. Jarchi interprets the word of thorns, and of scattering the way with thorns, and hedging it up with them, so that there was no passing, Hos 2:6 ; the sense seems to be the same with Lam 3:9 ; and pulled me in pieces: as any creature that falls into the hands of a bear or lion. Jarchi says it signifies a stopping of the feet, so that the traveller cannot go on in his way; and in the Talmudic language it is used for the breaking off of branches of trees, which being strowed in the way, hinder passengers from travelling; and this sense agrees with what goes before: he hath made me desolate; or brought me into a desolate condition, into ruin and destruction, as the Jews were in Babylon.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (5 words)

H1870 דֶּרֶךְ
Definition:

16& (less often)feminineExodus 18:20way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute׳דGenesis 38:16+;דָּ֑רֶךְGenesis 38:21+; constructדֶּרֶךְGenesis 3:24; suffixדַּרְכִּיGenesis 24:424t. +2 Samuel 22:3 16& (less often)feminineExodus 18:20way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute׳דGenesis 38:16+;דָּ֑רֶךְGenesis 38:21+; constructדֶּרֶךְGenesis 3:24; suffixדַּרְכִּיGenesis 24:424t. +2 Samuel 22:3

H5493 סוּר
Definition:

12) {soor}; a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative) -- be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluc 12) {soor}; a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative) -- be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluc

Possible Meanings:
  • turn aside (semantic_range)
  • turn aside (semantic_range)
  • be removed (semantic_range)
  • come to an end (semantic_range)
H6582 פָשַׁח
Definition:

33(Agag),,); —Imperfect3masculine singular suffixוַיְפַשְּׁחֵנִיLamentations 3:11(of lion, in figure).Topical LexiconOverviewThe verb פָשַׁח depicts the violent rending of something that was once whol 33(Agag),,); —Imperfect3masculine singular suffixוַיְפַשְּׁחֵנִיLamentations 3:11(of lion, in figure).Topical LexiconOverviewThe verb פָשַׁח depicts the violent rending of something that was once whol

Possible Meanings:
  • tear in pieces (semantic_range)
H7760 שׂוּם
Definition:

582verbput, place, set(compare NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532; Late HebrewסוּסPi`eldesignate, fix,שׂוםEcclus 45:5c; Ecclus 49:6; Phoenicianשם, Assyrianšâmu. fix, determine;Sabeanשׂיםset, set up, SabDenkmNo. 582verbput, place, set(compare NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532; Late HebrewסוּסPi`eldesignate, fix,שׂוםEcclus 45:5c; Ecclus 49:6; Phoenicianשם, Assyrianšâmu. fix, determine;Sabeanשׂיםset, set up, SabDenkmNo.

Possible Meanings:
  • make (semantic_range)
  • make (semantic_range)
  • make (semantic_range)
  • appoint (semantic_range)
H8076 שָׁמֵם
Definition:

17; feminineשְׁמֵמָהof landJeremiah 12:11.Topical LexiconRange of Meaning and Emotive ForceThe participial form שָׁמֵם captures the shocking aftermath of calamity. Whether applied to a person, land, o 17; feminineשְׁמֵמָהof landJeremiah 12:11.Topical LexiconRange of Meaning and Emotive ForceThe participial form שָׁמֵם captures the shocking aftermath of calamity. Whether applied to a person, land, o

Possible Meanings:
  • be appalled (semantic_range)

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