Lamentations 3:8
"Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Also when I cry and shout,.... Cry, because of the distress of the enemy within; "shout", or cry aloud for help from others without; as persons in a prison do, to

make them hear and pity their case: thus the prophet in his affliction cried aloud to God; was fervent, earnest, and importunate in prayer; and yet not heard: he shutteth out my prayer; shuts the door, that it may not enter; as the door is sometimes shut upon beggars, that their cry may not be heard. The Targum is, "the house of my prayer is shut.'' Jarchi interprets it of the windows of the firmament being shut, so that his prayer could not pass through, or be heard; see Lam 3:44 . The phrase designs God's disregard, or seeming disregard, of the prayer of the prophet, or of the people; and his shutting his ears against it. Of this, as the Messiah's case, see Psa 22:2 .

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H1571 גַּם
Definition:

6וַתִּתֵּן גַּם לְאִישָׁהּand gavealsoto her husband,Genesis 3:27and takealsoof the tree of life,Genesis 7:3;Genesis 19:21;Genesis 24:19;Genesis 26:21;Genesis 29:27;Genesis 30:15;Genesis 32:21(גַּם הִ 6וַתִּתֵּן גַּם לְאִישָׁהּand gavealsoto her husband,Genesis 3:27and takealsoof the tree of life,Genesis 7:3;Genesis 19:21;Genesis 24:19;Genesis 26:21;Genesis 29:27;Genesis 30:15;Genesis 32:21(גַּם הִ

Possible Meanings:
  • moreover (semantic_range)
  • yea (semantic_range)
H3588 כִּי
Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:
  • for (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
H2199 זָעַק
Definition:

19; 1singularזָעַקְתִּיPsalm 142:6; 3pluralזָָֽעֲקוּJudges 6:73t.;וְזָעֲקוּconsecutiveJudges 11:112t.; 2 masculine pluralוּזְעַקְתֶּםconsecutive1 Samuel 8:18;Imperfect3masculine singularיִזְעָ֑קIsaiah 19; 1singularזָעַקְתִּיPsalm 142:6; 3pluralזָָֽעֲקוּJudges 6:73t.;וְזָעֲקוּconsecutiveJudges 11:112t.; 2 masculine pluralוּזְעַקְתֶּםconsecutive1 Samuel 8:18;Imperfect3masculine singularיִזְעָ֑קIsaiah

Possible Meanings:
  • cry (semantic_range)
  • call (semantic_range)
H7768 שָׁוַע
Definition:

33t.;Imperfect3feminine singularתְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַJob 24:12; 2masculine singularתְּשַׁוַּעIsaiah 58:9, etc.;Infinitive constructsuffixשַׁוְּעִיPsalm 28:2;Psalm 31:23;שַׁוְעִיPsalm 5:3(Ol§ 182 d), etc.;Parti 33t.;Imperfect3feminine singularתְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַJob 24:12; 2masculine singularתְּשַׁוַּעIsaiah 58:9, etc.;Infinitive constructsuffixשַׁוְּעִיPsalm 28:2;Psalm 31:23;שַׁוְעִיPsalm 5:3(Ol§ 182 d), etc.;Parti

Possible Meanings:
  • cry (semantic_range)
  • war-cry (semantic_range)
  • cry for help (semantic_range)
H5640 סָתַם
Definition:

15) {saw-tham'}; a primitive root; to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret -- closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Origina prim. ro 15) {saw-tham'}; a primitive root; to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret -- closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Origina prim. ro

Possible Meanings:
  • shut up (semantic_range)
  • keep close (semantic_range)
  • shut up (semantic_range)
H8605 תְּפִלָּה
Definition:

15+, constructתְּמִּלַּתPsalm 80:5+; suffixתְּפלָּתִיPsalm 4:2+, etc.; pluralתְּפִלּוֺתPsalm 72:20; —1. a.prayer,1 Kings 8:382Chronicles 6:29;Isaiah 1:15;Psalm 35:13;Psalm 80:5+.b.pray a prayer,׳ת׳הִת 15+, constructתְּמִּלַּתPsalm 80:5+; suffixתְּפלָּתִיPsalm 4:2+, etc.; pluralתְּפִלּוֺתPsalm 72:20; —1. a.prayer,1 Kings 8:382Chronicles 6:29;Isaiah 1:15;Psalm 35:13;Psalm 80:5+.b.pray a prayer,׳ת׳הִת

Possible Meanings:
  • unsavouriness (semantic_range)
  • unseemliness (semantic_range)

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