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Lamentations 3

Lam. 3:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He hath builded against
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
me, and compassed
naqaph (Hebrew #5362)
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
KJV usage: compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.
Pronounce: naw-kaf'
Origin: a primitive root
me with gall
ro'sh (Hebrew #7219)
apparently the same as 7218; a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
KJV usage: gall, hemlock, poison, venom.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: or rowsh (Deut. 32:32) {roshe}
and travail
tla'ah (Hebrew #8513)
distress
KJV usage: travail, travel, trouble.
Pronounce: tel-aw-aw'
Origin: from 3811
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J. N. Darby Translation

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He hath built against me, and encompassed me with gall and toil.