The Meaning of Lamentations 3:48 Explained

Lamentations 3:48

KJV: Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

YLT: Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Darby: Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.

ASV: Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Mine eye  runneth down  with rivers  of water  for the destruction  of the daughter  of my people. 

What does Lamentations 3:48 Mean?

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 3:48 mean?

With rivers of water overflow My eyes for the destruction of the daughter of my people -
פַּלְגֵי־ מַ֙יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל־ שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־ עַמִּֽי ס

פַּלְגֵי־  With  rivers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: פֶּלֶג  
Sense: channel, canal.
מַ֙יִם֙  of  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
תֵּרַ֣ד  overflow 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
עֵינִ֔י  My  eyes 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
שֶׁ֖בֶר  the  destruction 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֶׁבֶר 
Sense: breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering.
בַּת־  of  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
עַמִּֽי  of  my  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation