The Meaning of Lamentations 3:11 Explained

Lamentations 3:11

KJV: He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

YLT: My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.

Darby: He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

ASV: He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He hath turned aside  my ways,  and pulled me in pieces:  he hath made  me desolate. 

What does Lamentations 3:11 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 3:11 mean?

My ways He has turned aside and torn me in pieces He has made me desolate
דְּרָכַ֥י סוֹרֵ֛ר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי שָׂמַ֥נִי שֹׁמֵֽם

דְּרָכַ֥י  My  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, first person common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
סוֹרֵ֛ר  He  has  turned  aside 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי  and  torn  me  in  pieces 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: פָּשַׁח  
Sense: to tear, rip, tear in pieces.
שָׂמַ֥נִי  He  has  made  me 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
שֹׁמֵֽם  desolate 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁמֵם  
Sense: devastated, deserted, desolate.