Lamentations 3:26

Footnotes

1. 60 Heb “waiting and silently.” The two adjectives וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם (véyakhil védumam, “waiting and silently”) form a hendiadys: The first functions verbally and the second functions adverbially: “to wait silently.” The adjective דוּמָם (dumam, “silently”) also functions as a metonymy of association, standing for patience or rest ( ). This metonymical nuance is captured well in less literal English versions: “wait in patience” () and “wait patiently” (, ). The more literal English versions do not express the metonymy as well: “quietly wait” (, , ), “waits silently” (), “wait quietly” (, , ).
2. 61 Heb “deliverance of the Lord.” In the genitive-construct, the genitive יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”) denotes source, that is, he is the source of the deliverance: “deliverance from the Lord.”