Lamentations 5:20
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NASB ©HebrewTransliterationStrong'sDefinitionOrigin
Whyלָ֤מָּהlam·mah4100what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
do You forgetתִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּtish·ka·che·nu,7911to forgeta prim. root
us forever?לָנֶ֙צַח֙la·ne·tzach5331eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuityfrom natsach
Why do You forsakeתַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּta·'az·ve·nu5800ato leave, forsake, loosea prim. root
us soלְאֹ֥רֶךְle·'o·rech753lengthfrom arak
long?  753lengthfrom arak
KJV Lexicon
Wherefore dost thou forget
shakach  (shaw-kakh')
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention -- at all, (cause to) forget.
us for ever
netsach  (neh'-tsakh)
a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)
and forsake
`azab  (aw-zab')
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc. -- commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, surely.
us so long
'orek  (o'rek')
length -- + forever, length, long.
time
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
New American Standard (©1995)
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?

King James Bible
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

American King James Version
Why do you forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

American Standard Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

Darby Bible Translation
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?

English Revised Version
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

Webster's Bible Translation
Why dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

World English Bible
Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?

Young's Literal Translation
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!

איכה 5:20 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃

איכה 5:20 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
למה לנצח תשכחנו תעזבנו לארך ימים׃

איכה 5:20 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
למה לנצח תשכחנו תעזבנו לארך ימים׃

איכה 5:20 Hebrew Bible
למה לנצח תשכחנו תעזבנו לארך ימים׃

Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri derelinques nos in longitudinem dierum

Forever Forget Forsake Forsakest Length Memory Wherefore

Always Forever Forget Forsake Length Memory Time Turned Wherefore

Always Forever Forget Forsake Length Memory Time Turned Wherefore

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