Lamentations 3:5
"He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

He hath builded against me,.... Fortresses, as the Targum adds; as when forts and batteries were raised by the Chaldeans against the city of Jerusalem, in which the prophet was:

and compassed me with gall and travail; or "weariness" (e); the same with gall and wormwood, Lam 3:19 ; as Jarchi observes. The sense is, he was surrounded with sorrow, affliction, and misery, which were as disagreeable as gall; or like poison that drank up his spirits, and made him weary of his life. Thus our Lord was exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; encompassed with sorrows, Mat 26:38 . The Targum is, "he hath surrounded the city, and rooted up the heads of the people, and caused them to fail.'' (e) "et fatigatione", Montanus, Vatablus, Castalio.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (5 words)

H1129 בָּנָה
Definition:

5+,בָּֽנְתָהProverbs 9:1;Proverbs 14:1,בָּנִיתָDeuteronomy 6:10,בָּנִתָה1 Kings 9:3;וּבָנִ֫יתָconsecutiveDeuteronomy 20:20+;בָּנִיתְEzekiel 16:25;בָּנִתִי1 Kings 8:13+; pluralבָּנוּGenesis 11:5+, etc. 5+,בָּֽנְתָהProverbs 9:1;Proverbs 14:1,בָּנִיתָDeuteronomy 6:10,בָּנִתָה1 Kings 9:3;וּבָנִ֫יתָconsecutiveDeuteronomy 20:20+;בָּנִיתְEzekiel 16:25;בָּנִתִי1 Kings 8:13+; pluralבָּנוּGenesis 11:5+, etc.

Possible Meanings:
  • build (semantic_range)
  • build (semantic_range)
  • be built (semantic_range)
H5921 עַל
Definition:

“The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the “The Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters” (Genesis 1:2). From the opening verses, עַל marks God’s sovereignty above the chaotic deep, foreshadowing His orderly governance of the

Possible Meanings:
  • upon (semantic_range)
  • on account of (semantic_range)
  • to (semantic_range)
H5362 נָקַף
Definition:

A primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. Surround or circulate -- compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go r A primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. Surround or circulate -- compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go r

Possible Meanings:
  • go around (semantic_range)
  • let feasts go around (semantic_range)
  • go around (semantic_range)
  • encompass (semantic_range)
H7219 רֹאשׁ
Definition:

32)רוֺשׁnoun masculineDeuteronomy 32:33a bitter and poisonous herb, them venom, always figurative; —1a bitter and poisonous herb, + (or "")לַעֲנָהDeuteronomy 29:17;Lamentations 3:19, so (מֵי ראֹשׁ)Jer 32)רוֺשׁnoun masculineDeuteronomy 32:33a bitter and poisonous herb, them venom, always figurative; —1a bitter and poisonous herb, + (or "")לַעֲנָהDeuteronomy 29:17;Lamentations 3:19, so (מֵי ראֹשׁ)Jer

Possible Meanings:
  • head (semantic_range)
  • head (semantic_range)
  • head (semantic_range)
  • chief (semantic_range)
  • sum (semantic_range)
H8513 תְּלָאָה
Definition:

84t.; of distress of Israel in EgyptNumbers 20:14; in wildernessExodus 18:8(both J E); from Assyr., Babylonian, etc.Nehemiah 9:32; compareLamentations 3:5(""ראֹשׁ, gall);Malachi 1:13.Topical LexiconOv 84t.; of distress of Israel in EgyptNumbers 20:14; in wildernessExodus 18:8(both J E); from Assyr., Babylonian, etc.Nehemiah 9:32; compareLamentations 3:5(""ראֹשׁ, gall);Malachi 1:13.Topical LexiconOv

Possible Meanings:
  • weariness (semantic_range)
  • hardship (semantic_range)

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