13{
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.13",
"source": "מָֽה־אֲעִידֵ֞ךְ מָ֣ה אֲדַמֶּה־לָּ֗ךְ הַבַּת֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מָ֤ה אַשְׁוֶה־לָּךְ֙ וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְ בְּתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־צִיּ֑וֹן כִּֽי־גָד֥וֹל כַּיָּ֛ם שִׁבְרֵ֖ךְ מִ֥י יִרְפָּא־לָֽךְ׃",
"text": "What-*ʾăʿîḏēḵ* what *ʾăḏammeh*-to-you the-daughter *yərûšālaim* what *ʾašweh*-to-you and-*ʾănaḥămēḵ* virgin daughter-*ṣiyyôn* for-great like-*yām* *šiḇrēḵ* who *yirpāʾ*-to-you",
"grammar": {
"*mâ-ʾăʿîḏēḵ*": "interrogative + hiphil imperfect, 1st common singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - what shall I testify to you",
"*mâ*": "interrogative - what",
"*ʾăḏammeh-lāḵ*": "piel imperfect, 1st common singular + preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - shall I compare to you",
"*habbaṯ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular construct - O daughter",
"*yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*mâ*": "interrogative - what",
"*ʾašweh-lāḵ*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st common singular + preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - shall I liken to you",
"*waʾănaḥămēḵ*": "conjunction + piel imperfect, 1st common singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - that I may comfort you",
"*bəṯûlaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - virgin of",
"*baṯ-ṣiyyôn*": "construct chain - daughter of Zion",
"*kî-ḡāḏôl*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - for great",
"*kayyām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - as the sea",
"*šiḇrēḵ*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your destruction/breach",
"*mî*": "interrogative - who",
"*yirpāʾ-lāḵ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - will heal you"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾăʿîḏēḵ*": "testify to/bear witness to/admonish",
"*ʾăḏammeh*": "compare/liken/think",
"*ʾašweh*": "make equal/compare/liken",
"*ʾănaḥămēḵ*": "comfort/console",
"*bəṯûlaṯ*": "virgin/maiden",
"*šiḇrēḵ*": "breach/breaking/destruction/ruin",
"*yirpāʾ*": "heal/cure/repair"
}
}
14{
"verseID": "Lamentations.2.14",
"source": "נְבִיאַ֗יִךְ חָ֤זוּ לָךְ֙ שָׁ֣וְא וְתָפֵ֔ל וְלֹֽא־גִלּ֥וּ עַל־עֲוֺנֵ֖ךְ לְהָשִׁ֣יב *שביתך **שְׁבוּתֵ֑ךְ וַיֶּ֣חֱזוּ לָ֔ךְ מַשְׂא֥וֹת שָׁ֖וְא וּמַדּוּחִֽים׃",
"text": "*nəḇîʾayiḵ* *ḥāzû* for-you *šāwəʾ* and-*tāp̄ēl* and-not-*gillû* on-*ʿăwōnēḵ* to-*hāšîḇ* *šəḇûṯēḵ* and-*wayyeḥĕzû* for-you *maśʾôṯ* *šāwəʾ* and-*maddûḥîm*",
"grammar": {
"*nəḇîʾayiḵ*": "noun, masculine plural + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your prophets",
"*ḥāzû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have seen",
"*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - for you",
"*šāwəʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - vanity/falsehood",
"*wəṯāp̄ēl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and folly/tastelessness",
"*wəlōʾ-gillû*": "conjunction + negative particle + piel perfect, 3rd common plural - and they have not uncovered",
"*ʿal-ʿăwōnēḵ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - concerning your iniquity",
"*ləhāšîḇ*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to turn back/restore",
"*šəḇûṯēḵ*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your captivity",
"*wayyeḥĕzû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they have seen",
"*lāḵ*": "preposition + 2nd feminine singular suffix - for you",
"*maśʾôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural construct - oracles/burdens of",
"*šāwəʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood",
"*ûmaddûḥîm*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and deceit/seductions"
},
"variants": {
"*nəḇîʾayiḵ*": "prophets/seers",
"*ḥāzû*": "see/perceive/prophesy",
"*šāwəʾ*": "vanity/emptiness/falsehood/worthlessness",
"*tāp̄ēl*": "whitewash/plaster/tasteless/unseasoned",
"*gillû*": "uncover/reveal/expose",
"*ʿăwōnēḵ*": "iniquity/guilt/punishment",
"*hāšîḇ*": "turn back/restore/bring back",
"*šəḇûṯēḵ*": "captivity/fortunes/restoration",
"*maśʾôṯ*": "burdens/oracles/utterances",
"*maddûḥîm*": "enticements/deceptions/seductions"
}
}