4 {
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.4",
"source": "דָּרַ֨ךְ קַשְׁתּ֜וֹ כְּאוֹיֵ֗ב נִצָּ֤ב יְמִינוֹ֙ כְּצָ֔ר וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֔ג כֹּ֖ל מַחֲמַדֵּי־עָ֑יִן בְּאֹ֙הֶל֙ בַּת־צִיּ֔וֹן שָׁפַ֥ךְ כָּאֵ֖שׁ חֲמָתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*dāraḵ* *qaštô* like-*ʾôyēḇ* *niṣṣāḇ* *yəmînô* like-*ṣār* and-*wayyahărōḡ* all *maḥămaddê*-*ʿāyin* in-*ʾōhel* daughter-*ṣiyyôn* *šāp̄aḵ* like-*ʾēš* *ḥămāṯô*",
"grammar": {
"*dāraḵ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has bent/drawn",
"*qaštô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his bow",
"*kəʾôyēḇ*": "preposition + qal participle, masculine singular - like an enemy",
"*niṣṣāḇ*": "niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has stationed/positioned himself",
"*yəmînô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his right hand",
"*kəṣār*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like an adversary",
"*wayyahărōḡ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he has slain",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine singular construct - all/every",
"*maḥămaddê-ʿāyin*": "construct chain - pleasant things to the eye/delights of the eye",
"*bəʾōhel*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in the tent of",
"*baṯ-ṣiyyôn*": "construct chain - daughter of Zion",
"*šāp̄aḵ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has poured out",
"*kāʾēš*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - like fire",
"*ḥămāṯô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fury"
},
"variants": {
"*dāraḵ*": "bend/draw/tread/march",
"*niṣṣāḇ*": "station oneself/take a stand/be positioned",
"*ṣār*": "adversary/enemy/foe/oppressor",
"*wayyahărōḡ*": "kill/slay/murder",
"*maḥămaddê-ʿāyin*": "delights of the eye/pleasant things to see/visually pleasing things",
"*šāp̄aḵ*": "pour out/spill/shed"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.5",
"source": "הָיָ֨ה אֲדֹנָ֤י ׀ כְּאוֹיֵב֙ בִּלַּ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּלַּע֙ כָּל־אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ שִׁחֵ֖ת מִבְצָרָ֑יו וַיֶּ֙רֶב֙ בְּבַת־יְהוּדָ֔ה תַּאֲנִיָּ֖ה וַאֲנִיָּֽה׃",
"text": "*hāyâ* *ʾăḏōnāy* like-*ʾôyēḇ* *billaʿ* *yiśrāʾēl* *billaʿ* all-*ʾarmənôṯêhā* *šiḥēṯ* *miḇṣārāyw* and-*wayyereḇ* in-daughter-*yəhûḏâ* *taʾăniyyâ* and-*ʾăniyyâ*",
"grammar": {
"*hāyâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has become",
"*ʾăḏōnāy*": "noun, masculine singular - Lord",
"*kəʾôyēḇ*": "preposition + qal participle, masculine singular - like an enemy",
"*billaʿ*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has swallowed up",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*billaʿ*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has swallowed up",
"*kol-ʾarmənôṯêhā*": "construct chain + 3rd feminine singular suffix - all her palaces",
"*šiḥēṯ*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has destroyed",
"*miḇṣārāyw*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his strongholds",
"*wayyereḇ*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he has multiplied",
"*bəḇaṯ-yəhûḏâ*": "preposition + construct chain - in daughter of Judah",
"*taʾăniyyâ*": "noun, feminine singular - mourning",
"*waʾăniyyâ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and moaning"
},
"variants": {
"*hāyâ*": "become/come to pass/occur/happen",
"*billaʿ*": "swallow up/engulf/devour/destroy",
"*šiḥēṯ*": "destroy/ruin/corrupt/spoil",
"*wayyereḇ*": "multiply/increase/make great",
"*taʾăniyyâ*": "mourning/lamentation/sorrow",
"*ʾăniyyâ*": "moaning/groaning/sighing/lamentation"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.6",
"source": "וַיַּחְמֹ֤ס כַּגַּן֙ שֻׂכּ֔וֹ שִׁחֵ֖ת מוֹעֲד֑וֹ שִׁכַּ֨ח יְהוָ֤ה ׀ בְּצִיּוֹן֙ מוֹעֵ֣ד וְשַׁבָּ֔ת וַיִּנְאַ֥ץ בְּזַֽעַם־אַפּ֖וֹ מֶ֥לֶךְ וְכֹהֵֽן׃",
"text": "And-*wayaḥmōs* like-*gan* *śukkô* *šiḥēṯ* *môʿăḏô* *šikkaḥ* *YHWH* in-*ṣiyyôn* *môʿēḏ* and-*šabbāṯ* and-*wayyinʾaṣ* in-*zaʿam*-*ʾappô* *meleḵ* and-*ḵōhēn*",
"grammar": {
"*wayaḥmōs*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he has violently taken away",
"*kaggan*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like a garden",
"*śukkô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his booth/tabernacle",
"*šiḥēṯ*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has destroyed",
"*môʿăḏô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his appointed place/meeting place",
"*šikkaḥ*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has caused to forget",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD",
"*bəṣiyyôn*": "preposition + proper noun - in Zion",
"*môʿēḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - appointed time/festival",
"*wəšabbāṯ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and Sabbath",
"*wayyinʾaṣ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he has spurned",
"*bəzaʿam-ʾappô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in the indignation of his anger",
"*meleḵ*": "noun, masculine singular - king",
"*wəḵōhēn*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and priest"
},
"variants": {
"*wayaḥmōs*": "violently take away/treat violently/do violence to",
"*gan*": "garden/enclosure",
"*śukkô*": "booth/pavilion/tabernacle/shelter",
"*šiḥēṯ*": "destroy/ruin/corrupt/spoil",
"*môʿăḏô*": "appointed place/meeting place/assembly place",
"*šikkaḥ*": "cause to forget/make forget",
"*môʿēḏ*": "appointed time/appointed place/festival/assembly",
"*wayyinʾaṣ*": "spurn/reject/despise/treat with contempt",
"*zaʿam*": "indignation/anger/rage/fury"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.7",
"source": "זָנַ֨ח אֲדֹנָ֤י ׀ מִזְבְּחוֹ֙ נִאֵ֣ר מִקְדָּשׁ֔וֹ הִסְגִּיר֙ בְּיַד־אוֹיֵ֔ב חוֹמֹ֖ת אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ ק֛וֹל נָתְנ֥וּ בְּבֵית־יְהוָ֖ה כְּי֥וֹם מוֹעֵֽד׃",
"text": "*zānaḥ* *ʾăḏōnāy* *mizḇəḥô* *niʾēr* *miqdāšô* *hisgîr* in-hand-*ʾôyēḇ* *ḥômōṯ* *ʾarmənôṯêhā* *qôl* *nāṯənû* in-house-*YHWH* like-day *môʿēḏ*",
"grammar": {
"*zānaḥ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has rejected",
"*ʾăḏōnāy*": "noun, masculine singular - Lord",
"*mizḇəḥô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his altar",
"*niʾēr*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has spurned/disowned",
"*miqdāšô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sanctuary",
"*hisgîr*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has delivered up/given over",
"*bəyaḏ-ʾôyēḇ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct + qal participle, masculine singular - into the hand of the enemy",
"*ḥômōṯ*": "noun, feminine plural construct - walls of",
"*ʾarmənôṯêhā*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her palaces",
"*qôl*": "noun, masculine singular - voice/sound",
"*nāṯənû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have given/raised",
"*bəḇêṯ-YHWH*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - in the house of the LORD",
"*kəyôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - like the day of",
"*môʿēḏ*": "noun, masculine singular - appointed festival"
},
"variants": {
"*zānaḥ*": "reject/abandon/cast away",
"*niʾēr*": "spurn/reject/refuse/disown",
"*hisgîr*": "deliver up/hand over/shut in/enclose",
"*ḥômōṯ*": "walls/ramparts/defenses",
"*qôl*": "voice/sound/noise"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.8",
"source": "חָשַׁ֨ב יְהוָ֤ה ׀ לְהַשְׁחִית֙ חוֹמַ֣ת בַּת־צִיּ֔וֹן נָ֣טָה קָ֔ו לֹא־הֵשִׁ֥יב יָד֖וֹ מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ וַיּֽ͏ַאֲבֶל־חֵ֥ל וְחוֹמָ֖ה יַחְדָּ֥ו אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃",
"text": "*ḥāšaḇ* *YHWH* to-*hašḥîṯ* *ḥômaṯ* daughter-*ṣiyyôn* *nāṭâ* *qāw* not-*hēšîḇ* *yāḏô* from-*balēaʿ* and-*wayyaʾăḇel*-*ḥēl* and-*ḥômâ* together *ʾumlālû*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥāšaḇ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has determined/purposed",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD",
"*ləhašḥîṯ*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to destroy",
"*ḥômaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - wall of",
"*baṯ-ṣiyyôn*": "construct chain - daughter of Zion",
"*nāṭâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has stretched out",
"*qāw*": "noun, masculine singular - measuring line",
"*lōʾ-hēšîḇ*": "negative particle + hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has not drawn back",
"*yāḏô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand",
"*mibbalkēaʿ*": "preposition + piel infinitive construct - from swallowing up",
"*wayyaʾăḇel-ḥēl*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - and he has made mourn the rampart",
"*wəḥômâ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and wall",
"*yaḥdāw*": "adverb - together",
"*ʾumlālû*": "pulal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have languished/withered"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥāšaḇ*": "think/plan/devise/purpose",
"*hašḥîṯ*": "destroy/ruin/spoil/corrupt",
"*nāṭâ*": "stretch out/extend/spread out",
"*qāw*": "measuring line/line/cord",
"*hēšîḇ*": "turn back/withdraw/draw back",
"*mibbalkēaʿ*": "from swallowing up/from devouring",
"*wayyaʾăḇel*": "make mourn/cause to lament",
"*ḥēl*": "rampart/fortress/bulwark/outer wall",
"*ʾumlālû*": "languish/wither/fade away/droop"
}
}