5 {
"verseID": "Lamentations.1.5",
"source": "הָי֨וּ צָרֶ֤יהָ לְרֹאשׁ֙ אֹיְבֶ֣יהָ שָׁל֔וּ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה הוֹגָ֖הּ עַ֣ל רֹב־פְּשָׁעֶ֑יהָ עוֹלָלֶ֛יהָ הָלְכ֥וּ שְׁבִ֖י לִפְנֵי־צָֽר׃ ס",
"text": "*hāyû* her *ṣāreyhā* to *rōʾš*, her *ʾōyəḇeyhā* *šālû*, *kî*-*YHWH* *hôḡāh* upon *rōḇ*-her *pəšāʿeyhā*; her *ʿôlāleyhā* *hāləḵû* *šəḇî* before-*ṣār*.",
"grammar": {
"*hāyû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they became",
"*ṣāreyhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her adversaries",
"*lərōʾš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - to head/chief",
"*ʾōyəḇeyhā*": "qal participle, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her enemies",
"*šālû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they prosper",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD",
"*hôḡāh*": "hifil perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - he afflicted her",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - because of",
"*rōḇ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - abundance/multitude of",
"*pəšāʿeyhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her transgressions",
"*ʿôlāleyhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her children",
"*hāləḵû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they went",
"*šəḇî*": "noun, masculine singular - captivity",
"*lip̄nê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before",
"*ṣār*": "noun, masculine singular - adversary"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣāreyhā*": "her adversaries/her oppressors/her foes",
"*rōʾš*": "head/chief/leader",
"*ʾōyəḇeyhā*": "her enemies/her foes",
"*šālû*": "prosper/are at ease/succeed",
"*hôḡāh*": "afflicted her/caused her grief/punished her",
"*rōḇ*": "abundance/multitude/greatness",
"*pəšāʿeyhā*": "her transgressions/her rebellions/her sins",
"*ʿôlāleyhā*": "her children/her infants/her little ones",
"*šəḇî*": "captivity/exile",
"*ṣār*": "adversary/enemy/foe"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Lamentations.1.6",
"source": "וַיֵּצֵ֥א מִבַּת־צִיּ֖וֹן כָּל־הֲדָרָ֑הּ הָי֣וּ שָׂרֶ֗יהָ כְּאַיָּלִים֙ לֹא־מָצְא֣וּ מִרְעֶ֔ה וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ בְלֹא־כֹ֖חַ לִפְנֵ֥י רוֹדֵֽף׃ ס",
"text": "*wa*-*yēṣēʾ* from *baṯ*-*ṣîôn* all-her *hăḏārāh*; *hāyû* her *śāreyhā* like *ʾayyālîm* *lōʾ*-*māṣəʾû* *mirʿeh*, *wa*-*yēləḵû* without-*ḵōaḥ* before *rôḏēp̄*.",
"grammar": {
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*yēṣēʾ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it goes out",
"*mibbaṯ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from daughter of",
"*ṣîôn*": "proper noun - Zion",
"*kāl*": "noun, construct - all of",
"*hăḏārāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her splendor",
"*hāyû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they became",
"*śāreyhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her princes",
"*kəʾayyālîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - like deer/stags",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*māṣəʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they found",
"*mirʿeh*": "noun, masculine singular - pasture",
"*yēləḵû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they go",
"*ḇəlōʾ*": "preposition + negative particle - without",
"*ḵōaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - strength",
"*lip̄nê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before",
"*rôḏēp̄*": "qal participle, masculine singular - pursuer"
},
"variants": {
"*yēṣēʾ*": "goes out/departs/is gone",
"*baṯ-ṣîôn*": "daughter of Zion/Jerusalem",
"*hăḏārāh*": "her splendor/her glory/her beauty",
"*śāreyhā*": "her princes/her officials/her leaders",
"*ʾayyālîm*": "deer/stags/harts",
"*māṣəʾû*": "they found/they discovered",
"*mirʿeh*": "pasture/grazing land/food",
"*yēləḵû*": "they go/they walk/they proceed",
"*ḵōaḥ*": "strength/power/might",
"*rôḏēp̄*": "pursuer/hunter/one who chases"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Lamentations.1.7",
"source": "זָֽכְרָ֣ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם יְמֵ֤י עָנְיָהּ֙ וּמְרוּדֶ֔יהָ כֹּ֚ל מַחֲמֻדֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֖וּ מִ֣ימֵי קֶ֑דֶם בִּנְפֹ֧ל עַמָּ֣הּ בְּיַד־צָ֗ר וְאֵ֤ין עוֹזֵר֙ לָ֔הּ רָא֣וּהָ צָרִ֔ים שָׂחֲק֖וּ עַ֥ל מִשְׁבַּתֶּֽהָ׃ ס",
"text": "*zāḵərāh* *yərûšālaim* *yəmê* her *ʿānəyāh* *û*-her *mərûḏeyhā*, all her *maḥămuddeyhā* which *hāyû* from *yəmê* *qeḏem*; when *binp̄ōl* her *ʿammāh* in *yaḏ*-*ṣār* *wə*-*ʾên* *ʿôzēr* to her; *rāʾûhā* *ṣārîm*, *śāḥăqû* upon her *mišbatteyhā*.",
"grammar": {
"*zāḵərāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she remembered",
"*yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*yəmê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - days of",
"*ʿānəyāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her affliction",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*mərûḏeyhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her homelessness",
"*kōl*": "noun, construct - all of",
"*maḥămuddeyhā*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her precious things",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*hāyû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they were",
"*mîmê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from days of",
"*qeḏem*": "noun, masculine singular - ancient times/old",
"*binp̄ōl*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - when falling",
"*ʿammāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her people",
"*bəyaḏ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in hand of",
"*ṣār*": "noun, masculine singular - adversary",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is no",
"*ʿôzēr*": "qal participle, masculine singular - helper",
"*lāh*": "preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to her",
"*rāʾûhā*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - they saw her",
"*ṣārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - adversaries",
"*śāḥăqû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they laughed",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon",
"*mišbatteyhā*": "noun, feminine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her cessations/downfall"
},
"variants": {
"*zāḵərāh*": "she remembered/she recalled",
"*yəmê*": "days of/times of",
"*ʿānəyāh*": "her affliction/her misery/her suffering",
"*mərûḏeyhā*": "her homelessness/her wanderings/her distress",
"*maḥămuddeyhā*": "her precious things/her desirable things/her treasures",
"*qeḏem*": "ancient times/old/formerly",
"*binp̄ōl*": "when falling/when collapsing/at the downfall of",
"*ʿammāh*": "her people/her nation",
"*ṣār*": "adversary/enemy/foe",
"*ʿôzēr*": "helper/one who aids",
"*rāʾûhā*": "they saw her/they beheld her",
"*ṣārîm*": "adversaries/enemies/foes",
"*śāḥăqû*": "they laughed/they mocked/they derided",
"*mišbatteyhā*": "her cessations/her downfall/her destruction/her ruin"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Lamentations.1.8",
"source": "חֵ֤טְא חָֽטְאָה֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן לְנִידָ֣ה הָיָ֑תָה כָּֽל־מְכַבְּדֶ֤יהָ הִזִּיל֙וּהָ֙ כִּי־רָא֣וּ עֶרְוָתָ֔הּ גַּם־הִ֥יא נֶאֶנְחָ֖ה וַתָּ֥שָׁב אָחֽוֹר׃ ס",
"text": "*ḥēṭə* *ḥāṭəʾāh* *yərûšālaim*, upon-*kēn* to *nîḏāh* *hāyāṯāh*; all-her *məḵabbəḏeyhā* *hizzîlûhā* *kî*-*rāʾû* her *ʿerwāṯāh*; *gam*-*hîʾ* *neʾenḥāh* *wa*-*tāšāḇ* *ʾāḥôr*.",
"grammar": {
"*ḥēṭə*": "noun, masculine singular - sin",
"*ḥāṭəʾāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she sinned",
"*yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - upon/because of",
"*kēn*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*lənîḏāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - to impurity/abhorrence",
"*hāyāṯāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she became",
"*kāl*": "noun, construct - all of",
"*məḵabbəḏeyhā*": "piel participle, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her honorers",
"*hizzîlûhā*": "hifil perfect, 3rd plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - they despised her",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*rāʾû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they saw",
"*ʿerwāṯāh*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her nakedness",
"*gam*": "particle - also/even",
"*hîʾ*": "3rd feminine singular pronoun - she",
"*neʾenḥāh*": "nifal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she groaned",
"*wa*": "conjunction - and",
"*tāšāḇ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she turns back",
"*ʾāḥôr*": "adverb - backward"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥēṭə ḥāṭəʾāh*": "greatly sinned/committed grave sin",
"*nîḏāh*": "impurity/filth/abhorrence/menstrual impurity",
"*məḵabbəḏeyhā*": "her honorers/those who honored her/those who respected her",
"*hizzîlûhā*": "they despised her/they held her in contempt/they degraded her",
"*ʿerwāṯāh*": "her nakedness/her shame/her private parts",
"*neʾenḥāh*": "she groaned/she sighed/she moaned",
"*tāšāḇ ʾāḥôr*": "turns backward/retreats/withdraws"
}
}