20{
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.20",
"source": "רְאֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ וְֽהַבִּ֔יטָה לְמִ֖י עוֹלַ֣לְתָּ כֹּ֑ה אִם־תֹּאכַ֨לְנָה נָשִׁ֤ים פִּרְיָם֙ עֹלֲלֵ֣י טִפֻּחִ֔ים אִם־יֵהָרֵ֛ג בְּמִקְדַּ֥שׁ אֲדֹנָ֖י כֹּהֵ֥ן וְנָבִֽיא׃",
"text": "*rəʾēh* *YHWH* and-*habḇîṭâ* to-whom *ʿôlaltā* thus if-*tōʾḵalnâ* *nāšîm* *piryām* *ʿōlălê* *ṭippuḥîm* if-*yēhārēḡ* in-*miqdaš* *ʾăḏōnāy* *kōhēn* and-*nāḇîʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*rəʾēh*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - see/look",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD",
"*wəhabḇîṭâ*": "conjunction + hiphil imperative, masculine singular + paragogic he - and observe/consider",
"*ləmî*": "preposition + interrogative - to whom",
"*ʿôlaltā*": "poel perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have done/dealt severely",
"*kōh*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*ʾim-tōʾḵalnâ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - if they shall eat",
"*nāšîm*": "noun, feminine plural - women",
"*piryām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fruit",
"*ʿōlălê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - children of",
"*ṭippuḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - span/handbreadths",
"*ʾim-yēhārēḡ*": "conjunction + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - if shall be slain",
"*bəmiqdaš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in sanctuary of",
"*ʾăḏōnāy*": "noun, masculine singular - Lord",
"*kōhēn*": "noun, masculine singular - priest",
"*wənāḇîʾ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and prophet"
},
"variants": {
"*habḇîṭâ*": "look/observe/regard/consider",
"*ʿôlaltā*": "deal severely with/inflict/abuse",
"*piryām*": "fruit/offspring",
"*ʿōlălê*": "children/infants",
"*ṭippuḥîm*": "those carefully raised/those tenderly cared for",
"*yēhārēḡ*": "be killed/be slain",
"*miqdaš*": "sanctuary/holy place/temple"
}
}
21{
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.21",
"source": "שָׁכְב֨וּ לָאָ֤רֶץ חוּצוֹת֙ נַ֣עַר וְזָקֵ֔ן בְּתוּלֹתַ֥י וּבַחוּרַ֖י נָפְל֣וּ בֶחָ֑רֶב הָרַגְ֙תָּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אַפֶּ֔ךָ טָבַ֖חְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃",
"text": "*šāḵəḇû* to-*ʾāreṣ* *ḥûṣôṯ* *naʿar* and-*zāqēn* *bəṯûlōṯay* and-*baḥûray* *nāp̄əlû* in-*ḥāreḇ* *hāraḡtā* in-day *ʾappeḵā* *ṭāḇaḥtā* not *ḥāmāltā*",
"grammar": {
"*šāḵəḇû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they lie",
"*lāʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - on the ground",
"*ḥûṣôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - streets",
"*naʿar*": "noun, masculine singular - boy/youth",
"*wəzāqēn*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and old man",
"*bəṯûlōṯay*": "noun, feminine plural + 1st common singular suffix - my virgins",
"*ûḇaḥûray*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 1st common singular suffix - and my young men",
"*nāp̄əlû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have fallen",
"*beḥāreḇ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - by the sword",
"*hāraḡtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have slain",
"*bəyôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the day of",
"*ʾappeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your anger",
"*ṭāḇaḥtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have slaughtered",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ḥāmāltā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have spared"
},
"variants": {
"*šāḵəḇû*": "lie down/lie prostrate",
"*naʿar*": "boy/youth/young man",
"*zāqēn*": "old man/elder",
"*bəṯûlōṯay*": "my virgins/my maidens",
"*baḥûray*": "my young men/my chosen ones",
"*nāp̄əlû*": "fall/fall down/be killed",
"*hāraḡtā*": "kill/slay",
"*ṭāḇaḥtā*": "slaughter/butcher/kill",
"*ḥāmāltā*": "spare/have compassion/show mercy"
}
}
22{
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.22",
"source": "תִּקְרָא֩ כְי֨וֹם מוֹעֵ֤ד מְגוּרַי֙ מִסָּבִ֔יב וְלֹ֥א הָיָ֛ה בְּי֥וֹם אַף־יְהוָ֖ה פָּלִ֣יט וְשָׂרִ֑יד אֲשֶׁר־טִפַּ֥חְתִּי וְרִבִּ֖יתִי אֹיְבִ֥י כִלָּֽם׃",
"text": "*tiqrāʾ* like-day *môʿēḏ* *məḡûray* from-*sāḇîḇ* and-not *hāyâ* in-day anger-*YHWH* *pālîṭ* and-*śārîḏ* which-*ṭippaḥtî* and-*ribbîṯî* *ʾōyəḇî* *killām*",
"grammar": {
"*tiqrāʾ*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you call/summon",
"*kəyôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - as in the day of",
"*môʿēḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - appointed time/festival",
"*məḡûray*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st common singular suffix - my terrors",
"*missāḇîḇ*": "preposition + adverb - from round about",
"*wəlōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*hāyâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - there was",
"*bəyôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the day of",
"*ʾap̄-YHWH*": "noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - anger of the LORD",
"*pālîṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - fugitive/escapee",
"*wəśārîḏ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and survivor",
"*ʾăšer-ṭippaḥtî*": "relative pronoun + piel perfect, 1st common singular - whom I have nursed/cherished",
"*wəribbîṯî*": "conjunction + piel perfect, 1st common singular - and brought up/raised",
"*ʾōyəḇî*": "qal participle, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my enemy",
"*killām*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - has destroyed them"
},
"variants": {
"*tiqrāʾ*": "call/summon/invite",
"*môʿēḏ*": "appointed time/meeting place/festival",
"*məḡûray*": "my terrors/my fears/my dreaded ones",
"*pālîṭ*": "fugitive/escapee/refugee",
"*śārîḏ*": "survivor/remnant",
"*ṭippaḥtî*": "nurture/cherish/care for/bring up",
"*ribbîṯî*": "multiply/increase/make great",
"*killām*": "destroy completely/finish off/annihilate"
}
}