2{
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.2",
"source": "בִּלַּ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֜י *לא **וְלֹ֣א חָמַ֗ל אֵ֚ת כָּל־נְא֣וֹת יַעֲקֹ֔ב הָרַ֧ס בְּעֶבְרָת֛וֹ מִבְצְרֵ֥י בַת־יְהוּדָ֖ה הִגִּ֣יעַ לָאָ֑רֶץ חִלֵּ֥ל מַמְלָכָ֖ה וְשָׂרֶֽיהָ׃",
"text": "*billaʿ* *ʾăḏōnāy* and-not *ḥāmal* *ʾēṯ* all-*nəʾôṯ* *yaʿăqōḇ* *hāras* in-*ʿeḇrāṯô* *miḇṣərê* daughter-*yəhûḏâ* *higgîaʿ* to-*ʾāreṣ* *ḥillēl* *mamlāḵâ* and-*śārêhā*",
"grammar": {
"*billaʿ*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has swallowed up/devoured",
"*ʾăḏōnāy*": "noun, masculine singular - Lord",
"*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*ḥāmal*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has spared/pitied",
"*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*kol-nəʾôṯ*": "construct chain - all dwellings/pastures of",
"*yaʿăqōḇ*": "proper noun - Jacob",
"*hāras*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has torn down/destroyed",
"*bəʿeḇrāṯô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his wrath",
"*miḇṣərê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - fortresses/strongholds of",
"*baṯ-yəhûḏâ*": "construct chain - daughter of Judah",
"*higgîaʿ*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has brought down/made touch",
"*lāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the ground",
"*ḥillēl*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has profaned/defiled",
"*mamlāḵâ*": "noun, feminine singular - kingdom",
"*wəśārêhā*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and her princes/officials"
},
"variants": {
"*billaʿ*": "swallow up/engulf/devour/destroy",
"*ḥāmal*": "spare/have compassion/show mercy",
"*nəʾôṯ*": "dwellings/habitations/pastures",
"*hāras*": "tear down/break down/destroy/overthrow",
"*ʿeḇrāṯô*": "wrath/rage/fury/overflow of anger",
"*miḇṣərê*": "fortresses/strongholds/fortified places",
"*higgîaʿ*": "bring down to/make touch/reach",
"*ḥillēl*": "profane/defile/pollute/desecrate"
}
}
3{
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.3",
"source": "גָּדַ֣ע בָּֽחֳרִי אַ֗ף כֹּ֚ל קֶ֣רֶן יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֵשִׁ֥יב אָח֛וֹר יְמִינ֖וֹ מִפְּנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֑ב וַיִּבְעַ֤ר בְּיַעֲקֹב֙ כְּאֵ֣שׁ לֶֽהָבָ֔ה אָכְלָ֖ה סָבִֽיב׃",
"text": "*gāḏaʿ* in-*ḥorî* *ʾap̄* all *qeren* *yiśrāʾēl* *hēšîḇ* *ʾāḥôr* *yəmînô* from-*pənê* *ʾôyēḇ* and-*wayyiḇʿar* in-*yaʿăqōḇ* like-*ʾēš* *lehāḇâ* *ʾāḵlâ* *sāḇîḇ*",
"grammar": {
"*gāḏaʿ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has cut off/hewn down",
"*bāḥorî-ʾap̄*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + noun - in fierce anger",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all/every",
"*qeren*": "noun, feminine singular construct - horn/power of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*hēšîḇ*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has drawn back/withdrawn",
"*ʾāḥôr*": "adverb - backward",
"*yəmînô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his right hand",
"*mippənê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from before/from the face of",
"*ʾôyēḇ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - enemy",
"*wayyiḇʿar*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he has burned",
"*bəyaʿăqōḇ*": "preposition + proper noun - in Jacob",
"*kəʾēš*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - like fire",
"*lehāḇâ*": "noun, feminine singular - flame",
"*ʾāḵlâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - it has devoured",
"*sāḇîḇ*": "adverb - around/surrounding"
},
"variants": {
"*gāḏaʿ*": "cut off/cut down/hew down/break",
"*ḥorî-ʾap̄*": "burning anger/fierce anger/heat of anger",
"*qeren*": "horn/power/strength/might",
"*hēšîḇ*": "turn back/withdraw/draw back/return",
"*yəmînô*": "right hand/right side/south",
"*wayyiḇʿar*": "burn/consume/kindle/be kindled",
"*lehāḇâ*": "flame/blaze/flashing blade",
"*ʾāḵlâ*": "devour/consume/eat"
}
}