Lamentations 5 — English–Hebrew Parallel

1 Zakar (Remember), Yahawah (), Mah (what / why / how) YaHayah (came to pass) Lanaw (for us) HaNabayat (look attentively) WaRaah (and come Look): WaRaah (and see) Ath-Charapahathanaw (the entirety of our reproach).

2 Nachalahathanaw (Our inheritance) NaHapakah (turned) LaZawarayam (strangers), Bayathayanaw (our houses) LaNakarayam (to aliens).

3 Yathawamayam (Orphans) Hayahayanaw (came to pass) Ayan (NO ONE); Ab (father) Amathayanaw (our mothers) KaAlamanahawath (as widows).

4 Mayamayanaw (Our water) BaKasap (in money) Shathahayanaw (we drunken); Itzayanaw (our wood) BaMachayar (in sold) YaBawaaw (coming).

5 IlaTzawaaranaw (Over our necks) NaRadapanaw (we pursuers): Yagainaw (we weary), Laa (NOT) YaHaNawanach ([causing] rest) Lanaw (for us).

6 Matzarayam (Egyptians), Nathananaw (we given) Yad (hand) Ashawar (Assyrians), LaShabai (to satisfied) Lacham (bread).

7 Abathayanaw (Our fathers) Chataaw (sinned), Ayanam (more); Anachanaw (we) Iwanathayam (their iniquities) Sabalanaw (we borne).

8 Ibadayam (Servants) Mashalaw (rule) Banaw (over us): Paraq (none to deliver) Ayan (NO ONE) MaYadam (from their hand).

9 BaNapashanaw (In our soul) NaBawayaa (we get) Lachamanaw (our bread peril lives), MaPanayam (Because) Charab (sword) HaMadabar (the wilderness).

10 Iwaranaw (Our skin) KaThanawar (like oven), NaKamaraw (black) MaPanayam (Because) Zalaipahawath (𐤆𐤋𐤏𐤐𐤄 - plural) Raib (burning heat of famine).

11 NaAyashahayam (Women - emphatic) BaTzayawan (in Zion), Inahaw (they ravished) Bathawalahath (virgins) BaIyaray (in cities) Yahawadah (Judah).

12 Sharayam (Princes) BaYadam (hanged by their hand): NaThalahaw (𐤕𐤋𐤄) Panayam (face/presence/surface) Zaqanayam (elders) Laa (honored) NaHadaraw (𐤄𐤃𐤓).

13 Bachawarayam (Young men) Tachawan (bore mill); Nashaaw (lift) WaNairayam (and children) BaItz (in under wood) Kashalaw (stumbled).

14 Zaqanayam (Elders) MaShair (from gate), Shabathaw (ceased) Bachawarayam (young men) MaNagayanahatham (from their music).

15 YaShabath (Ceased) Mashawash (joy) Labanaw (our heart); YaNaHapak (turned) LaAbal (mourning) Machawalanaw (our dance).

16 Napalah (Fallen) Itarahath (crown) Raashanaw (our head): Away (Woe)! Naa (Now) Lanaw (for us) KayaChataanaw (surely we sinned).

17 Il-Zah (Over this / that / these) YaHayah (came to pass) Dawah (faint) Labanaw (our heart); Il-Alah (over these) Chashakaw (dim) Iyanayanaw (things our eyes);

18 IlaHar (Over mountain) Tzayawan (Zion), ShaYaShamam (which desolate): Shawailayam (𐤔𐤅𐤏𐤋 - plural) Halakaw (foxes walk) Baw (within him).

19 Athah (You) Yahawah (), LaIwalam (forever) ThaYashab (you remain); Kasaak (your throne) LaDawar (generation) WaDawar (and generation).

20 LaMah (What / why / how) LaNatzach (forever), ThaShakachanaw (you why forget us) ThaIzabanaw (you forsake us) LaArak (long) Yawamayam (time - plural)?

21 HaShawayabanaw ([causing] turn us yourself), Yahawah (), Alayak (to you) WaNaShawab (and we turned). Chadash (renew) Yawamayanaw (our days) KaQadam (as old).

22 KayaAm-Maas (Surely although - rhetorical reject) Maasathanaw (you rejected us); Qatzapath (very you angry against) Ilayanaw (went up us) Id-Maad (as far as exceedingly / very).