Lamentations 3:4
"My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

My flesh and my skin hath he made old,.... His flesh with blows, and his skin with smiting, as the Targum; his flesh was so emaciated, and his skin so

withered and wrinkled, that he looked like an old man; as our Lord, when little more than thirty years of age, what with his sorrows and troubles, looked like one about fifty: he hath broken my bones; that is, his strength was greatly weakened, which lay in his bones; and he could not stir to help himself, any more than a man whose bones are broken; and was in as much pain and distress as if this had been his case; otherwise it was not literally true, either of the Jews, or of Jeremiah, or of Christ.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (5 words)

H1086 בָּלָה
Definition:

4,בָּלוּDeuteronomy 29:4+;ImperfectיִבְלֶהJob 13:28etc.;Infinitivewith suffixבְּלֹתִיGenesis 18:12; —wear out(intransitive), especially of garmentsDeuteronomy 8:4;Deuteronomy 29:4(twice in verse), all 4,בָּלוּDeuteronomy 29:4+;ImperfectיִבְלֶהJob 13:28etc.;Infinitivewith suffixבְּלֹתִיGenesis 18:12; —wear out(intransitive), especially of garmentsDeuteronomy 8:4;Deuteronomy 29:4(twice in verse), all

Possible Meanings:
  • trouble (semantic_range)
  • troubled them in building (semantic_range)
H1320 בָּשָׂר
Definition:

21126t.; constructבְּשַׂרGenesis 17:1140t.; suffixבּשָׂרִיetc.Psalm 16:996t.; pluralבְּשָׂרִיםProverbs 14:30; —1of the body:a.of animalsGenesis 41:2-19Exodus 21:28;Exodus 22:30;Numbers 12:12(E)Numbers 21126t.; constructבְּשַׂרGenesis 17:1140t.; suffixבּשָׂרִיetc.Psalm 16:996t.; pluralבְּשָׂרִיםProverbs 14:30; —1of the body:a.of animalsGenesis 41:2-19Exodus 21:28;Exodus 22:30;Numbers 12:12(E)Numbers

Possible Meanings:
  • flesh (semantic_range)
H5785 עוֹר
Definition:

5skin( Late Hebrewid.; PhoenicianערתLzb346); —׳עabsoluteGenesis 3:21+, constructExodus 34:29+; suffixעֹרוֺExodus 29:14+,עוֺרוֺJeremiah 13:23,עֹרָהּNumbers 19:5, etc.; plural constructעֹרֹתGenesis 27:1 5skin( Late Hebrewid.; PhoenicianערתLzb346); —׳עabsoluteGenesis 3:21+, constructExodus 34:29+; suffixעֹרוֺExodus 29:14+,עוֺרוֺJeremiah 13:23,עֹרָהּNumbers 19:5, etc.; plural constructעֹרֹתGenesis 27:1

Possible Meanings:
  • chaff (semantic_range)
H7665 שָׁבַר
Definition:

28;Isaiah 14:5, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁבֹּרJeremiah 19:11,בּוֺר-Isaiah 42:3; 3feminine singularתִּשְׁבָּרֿProverbs 25:15, etc.;Imperativemasculine singularשְׁבֹרPsalm 10:15, suffixשָׁבְ 28;Isaiah 14:5, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁבֹּרJeremiah 19:11,בּוֺר-Isaiah 42:3; 3feminine singularתִּשְׁבָּרֿProverbs 25:15, etc.;Imperativemasculine singularשְׁבֹרPsalm 10:15, suffixשָׁבְ

Possible Meanings:
  • buy grain (semantic_range)
  • buy grain (semantic_range)
  • sell grain (semantic_range)
H6106 עֶצֶם
Definition:

10(with pronoun masculineEzekiel 37:5,6 etc., compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896). 73)bone, substance, self; — absolute׳יGenesis 2:23+;עָ֑צֶם;Proverbs 15:30;Proverbs 16:24; constructעֶצֶםExodus 24:10+; suffixע 10(with pronoun masculineEzekiel 37:5,6 etc., compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896). 73)bone, substance, self; — absolute׳יGenesis 2:23+;עָ֑צֶם;Proverbs 15:30;Proverbs 16:24; constructעֶצֶםExodus 24:10+; suffixע

Possible Meanings:
  • shut the eyes (semantic_range)
  • shutteth his eyes from (semantic_range)
  • he hath tightly shut your eyes (semantic_range)

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