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Lamentations 1:13

“From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מָרוֹםmârôwm · maw-rome'
H4791 · Hebrew

Definition: altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
Derivation: from H7311 (רוּם);
KJV renderings: (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
Grammar: מִ — preposition
מָּר֛וֹם — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 54 times in the Hebrew Bible.Judges 5:18 2 Samuel 22:17 2 Kings 19:22 2 Kings 19:23 Job 5:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָרוֹם here.

Verse 12 Verse 14

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.