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Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Woe alas Interjection H188 אֹֽוי־ o·vy-
is me my mother dam Noun H517 אִמִּ֔י im·mi,
me a man great Noun H376 אִ֥ישׁ ish
of strife adversary Noun H7379 רִ֛יב riv
and a man great Noun H376 וְאִ֥ישׁ ve·'ish
of contention brawling Noun H4066 מָדֹ֖ון ma·do·vn
to all all manner Noun H3605 לְכָל־ le·chol-
to the whole earth common Noun H776 הָאָ֑רֶץ ha·'a·retz;
I have neither lent on usury creditor Verb H5383 נָשִׁ֥יתִי na·shi·ti
nor before Adverb H3808 לֹֽא־ lo-
nor men have lent to me on usury creditor Verb H5383 נָֽשׁוּ־ na·shu-
to me everyone all manner Noun H3605 כֻּלֹּ֥ה kul·loh
[yet] every one of them doth curse abate Verb H7043 מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ me·kal·la·v·ni.
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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King James Bible Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Hebrew Greek English Woe is to me, my mother, that thou hast you have borne me As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the whole earth! land! I have neither not lent, nor have men lent on usury, nor men have lent money to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me, Yet everyone curses me.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Woe is to me, my mother, that thou hast you have borne me As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the whole earth! land! I have neither not lent, nor have men lent on usury, nor men have lent money to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me, Yet everyone curses me.