Lamentations 3:6
"He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

He hath set me in dark places,.... In the dark house of the prison, as the Targum; in the dark dungeon where the prophet was put; or the captivity in

which the Jews were, and which was like the dark grave or state of the dead; and hence they are said to be in their graves, Eze 37:12 . Christ was laid in the dark grave literally: as they that be dead of old: that have been long dead, and are forgotten, as if they had never been; see Psa 88:5 ; or, "as the dead of the world" (f), or age; who, being dead, are gone out of the world, and no more in it. The Targum is, "as the dead who go into another world.'' (f) , Sept. "quasi mortuos seculi", Montanus, Calvin.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (4 words)

H4285 מַחְשָׁךְ
Definition:

15;Isaiah 42:16;מַחְשָׁ֑ךְPsalm 88:19; pluralמַחֲשַׁכִּיםPsalm 88:7;Psalm 143:3=Lamentations 3:6constructמַחֲשַׁכֵּיPsalm 74:20; —dark place:a.=hiding-placeאֿרץ׳מחPsalm 74:20.b.dark region, in which m 15;Isaiah 42:16;מַחְשָׁ֑ךְPsalm 88:19; pluralמַחֲשַׁכִּיםPsalm 88:7;Psalm 143:3=Lamentations 3:6constructמַחֲשַׁכֵּיPsalm 74:20; —dark place:a.=hiding-placeאֿרץ׳מחPsalm 74:20.b.dark region, in which m

H3427 יָשַׁב
Definition:

8,19וישב,Judges 1:13ואשב,dwell; Phoenicianישבdwell; ZinjirliישבsitDHMSendsch. 58; Assyrianašâbu,sit,dwell, DlHWB 244; Arabicleap, jump, Himyer. dialectsit, Lane2919; EthiopicII. 1secum cohabitare face 8,19וישב,Judges 1:13ואשב,dwell; Phoenicianישבdwell; ZinjirliישבsitDHMSendsch. 58; Assyrianašâbu,sit,dwell, DlHWB 244; Arabicleap, jump, Himyer. dialectsit, Lane2919; EthiopicII. 1secum cohabitare face

Possible Meanings:
  • remain (semantic_range)
H4191 מוּת
Definition:

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill -- X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-manc to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill -- X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-manc

H5769 עוֹלָם
Definition:

12405t.;עֹלָםGenesis 3:2219t.;עֵילוֺם2Chronicles 33:7, read probablyעוֺלָם(for other explanations see note in KitHpt); suffixעֹלָמוֺEcclesiastes 12:5; pluralעוֺלָמִיםIsaiah 26:47t.,עֹלָמִיםPsalm 145:1 12405t.;עֹלָםGenesis 3:2219t.;עֵילוֺם2Chronicles 33:7, read probablyעוֺלָם(for other explanations see note in KitHpt); suffixעֹלָמוֺEcclesiastes 12:5; pluralעוֺלָמִיםIsaiah 26:47t.,עֹלָמִיםPsalm 145:1

Possible Meanings:
  • long duration (semantic_range)
  • antiquity (semantic_range)
  • futurity (semantic_range)

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