Original Language Studio
Lamentations 3:4
“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בָּלָהbâlâh · baw-law'
H1086 · Hebrew
H1086 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
- Grammar
- בִּלָּ֤ה — verb Piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:12Deuteronomy 8:4Deuteronomy 29:4Deuteronomy 29:4Joshua 9:13
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 בָּלָה here.
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.