Psalm 79:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
They have pouredשָׁפְכ֬וּ
(sha·fe·chu)
8210: to pour out, poura prim. root
out their bloodדָמָ֨ם
(da·mam)
1818: blooda prim. root
like waterכַּמַּ֗יִם
(kam·ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
round aboutסְֽבִ֘יבֹ֤ות
(se·vi·vo·vt)
5439: circuit, round aboutfrom sabab
Jerusalem;יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם
(ye·ru·sha·lim)
3389: probably "foundation of peace," capital city of all Isr.from yarah and shalem
And there was no oneוְאֵ֣ין
(ve·'ein)
369: nothing, noughta prim. root
to buryקֹובֵֽר׃
(ko·v·ver.)
6912: to burya prim. root
them. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
Their blood
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
have they shed
shaphak  (shaw-fak')
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out -- cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
like water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
round about
cabiyb  (saw-beeb')
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around -- (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim  (yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im)
founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine -- Jerusalem.
and there was none to bury
qabar  (kaw-bar')
to inter -- in any wise, bury(-ier).
them
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them.

King James Bible
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.

International Standard Version
to make their blood flow like water around Jerusalem, with no one being buried.

NET Bible
They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They shed their blood like water around Jerusalem and there is no one to bury them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They have shed the blood of your people around Jerusalem as though it were water. There is no one to bury your people.

King James 2000 Bible
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
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