Lamentations 2 — English–Hebrew Parallel

1 Ayakah (How?) YaIwayab (How covered) BaApaw (in his anger) Adanay () Ath-Banath (the entirety of daughter) Tzayawan (Zion) YaIwayab (with a cloud)! YaHaShalayak (he [causing] cast down) MaShamayam (from heaven) Aratz (Earth/land) Thapaarahath (beauty) Yashar-Al (Israel), WaLaa (And not) YaZakar (remembered) Hadam (footstool) Ragalayaw (his feet / foot) BaYawam (in day) Apaw (his anger).

2 YaBalai (Swallowed up) Adanay () Laa (NOT) YaChamal (pitied) AthaKal (the entirety of every) Naahawath (habitations) Yaiqab (Jacob): YaHaras (he thrown down) BaIbarahathaw (in his wrath) Mabatzaray (𐤌𐤁𐤑𐤓) Banath (strongholds daughter) Yahawadah (Judah); YaHaNagayai (he [causing] brought down) LaAratz (to ground); YaChalal (he profaned) Mamalakah (kingdom) WaSharayah (and its princes).

3 YaGadai (He cut off) BaCharay (in fierce) Ap (nostril / picture: bull snorting) Kal (every) Qaran (horn) Yashar-Al (Israel); YaHaShawayab (he [causing] drawn) Achawar (back) Yamayanaw (his right hand) MaPanayam (from before) Awayab (enemy): WaYaBair (and he burned) BaYaiqab (in Jacob) KaAsh (as fire), Lahabah (like flaming) Akalah (devours) Sabayab (around).

4 YaDarak (Tread) Qashathaw (bent his bow) KaAwayab (as enemy), NaNatzab (stood) Yamayanaw (his right hand) KaTzar (as adversary), WaYaHarag (and killed) Kal (every) Machamaday (pleasant) Iyan (eye): BaAhal (in tent) Banath (daughter) Tzayawan (Zion) YaShapak (he poured out) KaAsh (as fire) Chamahathaw (his wrath).

5 YaHayah (Came to pass) Adanay () KaAwayab (as enemy), YaBalai (he swallowed up) Yashar-Al (Israel); YaBalai (he swallowed up) Kal (every) Aramawanawathayah (her palaces), YaShachath (he destroyed) Mabatzarayaw (his strongholds); WaYaRabah (and he multiplied) BaBanath (in daughter) Yahawadah (Judah) Thaanayah (mourning) WaAnayah (and lamentation).

6 WaYaChamas (And he violently taken away) KaGan (as garden) Shakaw (his tabernacle); YaShachath (he destroyed) Mawaidaw (his place of assembly): YaShakach (forgotten) Yahawah () BaTzayawan (in Zion), Mawaid (Appointed Time for Meeting/Feast) WaShabath (and sabbath) WaYaNaatz (and despised) BaZaim (in indignation) Apaw (his anger) Malak (king) WaKahan (and priest).

7 YaZanach (Cast off) Adanay () Mazabachaw (his altar), YaNaar (he abhorred) Maqadashaw (his sanctuary); YaHaSagayar (he [causing] given up) BaYad (into hand) Awayab (enemy) Chawamahath (wall) Aramawanawathayah (her palaces): Qawal (sound / voice) Nathanaw (they made) BaBayath (in house) Yahawah (), KaYawam (as day) Mawaid (Appointed Time for Meeting/Feast).

8 YaChashab (Purposed) Yahawah () LaHaShachayath (to [causing] destroy) Chawamahath (wall) Banath (daughter) Tzayawan (Zion); YaNatah (he stretched out) Qaw (line), Laa (NOT) YaHaShawayab (he [causing] withdrawn) Yadaw (his hand) MaBalai (from destroying); WaYaAbal (and lament) Chayal (made rampart) WaChawamah (and wall); Yachadaw (together) Amalalaw (they languish).

9 Tabaiw (Sunk) BaAratz (into ground) Shairayah (her gates); YaAbad (he destroyed) WaYaShabar (and broken) Barayachayah (her bars): Malakah (her king) WaSharayah (and her princes) BaGawayam (in nations) Ayan (NO ONE) Thawarah (Torah / Instruction); Gam (Yes), Nabayaayah (her prophets) Laa (NOT) Matzaaw (find) Chazawan (vision) Yahawah ().

10 YaYashabaw (Sit) LaAratz (ground), YaDamamaw (keep silence) Zaqanay (elders) Banath (daughter) Tzayawan (Zion); HaIlahaw (they [causing] cast up) Ipar (dust) Il-Raasham (over their heads); Chagaraw (clothed sackcloth): Shaqayam (𐤔𐤒 - plural) HaYawarayadaw ([causing] hang down) LaAratz (to ground) Raashan (their heads) Bathawalahath (virgins) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem).

11 Kalahaw (Fail) BaDamaihawath (with tears), Iyanay (my eyes) Chamaramaraw (troubled) Maihay (my heart); YaNaShapak (poured) LaAratz (earth), Kabaday (my liver) Il-Shabar (over break) Banath (daughter) Imay (my people), BaItap (infants in swoon) Iwalal (young children) WaYawanaq (and 𐤉𐤅𐤍𐤒) BaRachabawath (in streets) Qarayah (city / town).

12 LaAmatham (Their mothers), YaAmaraw (tell) “Ayah (𐤀𐤉𐤄) Dagan (𐤃𐤂𐤍) WaYayan (and grain wine)?” BaHathaItapam (when [reflexive] swoon them) KaChalal (as wounded) BaRachabawath (in streets) Iyar (city), BaHathaShapak (in [reflexive] poured out) Napasham (their soul) Al-Chayaq (to bosom) Amatham (their mothers)’.

13 Mah (What / why / how) AIwayadak (I testify you)? Mah (what / why / how) ADamah (I liken), Lak (for you) HaBanath (the daughter) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem)? Mah (what / why / how) AShawah (I compare), Lak (for you) WaANachamak (And I comfort you), Bathawalahath (virgin) Banath (daughter) Tzayawan (Zion)? Kay-Gadawal (surely very great/important/mighty) KaYam (as sea) Shabarak (your breach): May (Who) YaRapaa (heal) Lak (for you)?

14 Nabayaayak (Your prophets) Chazahaw (seen) Lak (for you) Shawaa (vanity) WaThapal (and foolish visions); WaLaa (And not) Galahaw (they uncovered) Il-Iwanak (over your iniquity), LaHaShawayab (to [causing] bring back) Shabawayathak (your captivity), WaYaChazahaw (and seen) Lak (for you) Mashaathawath (𐤌𐤔𐤀𐤕 - plural) Shawaa (vanity) WaMadawachayam (and oracles causes of banishment).

15 Sapaqaw (Clap) Ilayak (my _ over yours) Kapayam (hands) Kal (every) Ibaray (pass over/through). Darak (way/path) Sharaqaw (they hiss) WaYaNawaiw (and wag) Raasham (their head) Il-Banath (over daughter) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem), HaZaath (saying), “HaIyar (the city) ShaYaAmaraw (that men called) ‘Kalayalath (perfection) Yapay (beauty), Mashawash (joy) LaKal (every) HaAratz (the earth)’?”

16 Patzahaw (Opened) Ilayak (my _ over yours) Pahayam (their mouth) Kal (wide against) Awayabayak (your enemies); Sharaqaw (they hiss) WaYaCharaqaw (and gnash) Shan (tooth); Amaraw (they say), “Balainaw (we swallowed up); Ak (Surely) Zah (this / that / these) HaYawam (the day) ShaQawahayanaw (that looked him - plural); Matzaanaw (we found), Raahayanaw (we seen).”

17 YaIshah (Done) Yahawah () AsharaYaZamam (who/that he purposed); YaBatzai (he fulfilled) Amarahathaw (his word) AsharaYaTzawah (who/that he commanded) MaYawamay (from days) Qadam (east); YaHaras (he thrown down), WaLaa (And not) YaChamal (pitied): WaYaShamach (and rejoice) Ilayak (over you) Awayab (enemy); YaHaRawayam (he [causing] exalted) Qaran (horn) Tzarayak (your adversaries).

18 YaTzaiq (Cried) Labam (their heart) Al (to) Adanay (): Chawamahath (wall) Banath (daughter) Tzayawan (Zion), HaYawarayaday (you [causing] run down) KaNachal (as river) Damaih (let tears) Yawamam (by day) WaLayalah (and night); Al (not) ThaNathanay (you give) Pawagahath (𐤐𐤅𐤂𐤄) Lak (yourself respite); Al (not) ThaDamam (you cease) Banath (daughter) Iyanak (your eye).

19 Qawamay (You arise), Rananay (you cry out) BaLayal (in night), LaRaash (beginning) Ashamarahawath (watches); Shapakay (you pour out) KaMayam (as water) Labak (your heart) NakachaPanayam (before face/presence/surface) Adanay (): Nashaay (you lift up) Alayaw (to him) Kapayak (your hands) Il-Napash (over soul) Iwalalayak (your young children), HaItawapayam (that faint - plural) BaRaib (in hunger) BaRaash (at head) Kal (every) Chawatzawath (every street - plural).

20 “Raah (See/look), Yahawah (), Raah (and see) WaHaNabayatah (and look attentively - emphatic) LaMay (Who) Iwalalath (you done) Kah (thus)! Am-ThaAkalanah (although - rhetorical you eat) NaAyashahayam (women - emphatic) Parayam (their fruit), Iwalalay (children) Tapachayam (dandled hands)? Am-YaHarag (although - rhetorical killed) BaMaqadash (in sanctuary) Adanay () Kahan (priest) WaNabayaa (and prophet)?

21 “Shakabaw (Man lie) LaAratz (ground) Chawatzawath (streets) Nair (𐤍𐤏𐤓) WaZaqan (and youth old); Bathawalahathay (my virgins) WaBachawaray (and my young men) Napalaw (fallen) BaCharab (by sword): Haragath (kill) BaYawam (in day) Apak (your anger) Tabachath (you have slaughtered), Tabachath (you killed); Laa (NOT) Chamalath (you pitied).

22 “ThaQaraa (You called), KaYawam (as day) Mawaid (Appointed Time for Meeting/Feast assembly), Magawaray (my terrors) MaSabayab (from every side); WaLaa (And not) YaHayah (came to pass) BaYawam (in day) Ap (nostril / picture: bull snorting) Yahawah () Palayat (none escaped) WaSharayad (and remained): Ashar-Tapachathay (who/that 𐤈𐤐𐤇) WaRabahayathay (and dandled brought up) Ayabay (my enemy) Kalaham (consumed them).