The Meaning of Lamentations 3:41 Explained

Lamentations 3:41

KJV: Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

YLT: We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.

Darby: Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

ASV: Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Let us lift up  our heart  with [our] hands  unto God  in the heavens. 

What does Lamentations 3:41 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Jeremiah lifted up his heart, as well as his hands, to God in heaven; his praying was heartfelt, not just formal.

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:41 mean?

Let us lift our hearts with and hands to God in heaven
נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־ כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל־ אֵ֖ל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם

נִשָּׂ֤א  Let  us  lift 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common plural
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙  our  hearts 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: לֵבָב  
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding.
כַּפָּ֔יִם  and  hands 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: כַּף  
Sense: palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand.
אֵ֖ל  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם  in  heaven 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.