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Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD , and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. (KJV)
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הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּha.shi.Ve.nucause to return us
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: to return: rescue
Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 37:22, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:21, Genesis 41:13, Exodus 4:7, Exodus 23:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725H; TAHOT Lamentations 5:21 word 1
יְהוָ֤ה\׀Yah.wehO Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Lamentations 5:21 word 2
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙'e.Lei.khato yourself
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Lamentations 5:21 word 3
חַדֵּ֥שׁcha.Deshrenew
Lemma: חָדַשׁ (cha.dash) · Strong's: H2318
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpv2ms)
Meaning: to renew
Used 10 times. Also: 1 Samuel 11:14, 2 Chronicles 15:8, 2 Chronicles 24:4, 2 Chronicles 24:12, Job 10:17, Psalms 51:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2318; TAHOT Lamentations 5:21 word 4
יָמֵ֖ינוּya.Mei.nudays our
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Lamentations 5:21 word 5
כְּקֶֽדֶם\׃ke.Ke.demlike ancient time
Lemma: קֶ֫דֶם (qe.dem) · Strong's: H6924H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: front: old
Used 32 times. Also: Deuteronomy 33:15, Deuteronomy 33:27, 2 Kings 19:25, Nehemiah 12:46, Job 29:2, Psalms 44:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6924H; TAHOT Lamentations 5:21 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Restore us | → | שׁוּב H7725H to return: rescue |
| to Yourself | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| O LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| so we may return | → | שׁוּב H7725H to return: rescue |
| renew | → | חָדַשׁ H2318 to renew |
| our days | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| as of old | → | קֶ֫דֶם H6924H front: old |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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