הַיּֽוֹם׃ס . . . . hay·yō·wm Lamentations 3:4 בִּלָּ֤ה He has worn away bil·lāh בְשָׂרִי֙ my flesh ḇə·śā·rî וְעוֹרִ֔י and skin ; wə·‘ō·w·rî שִׁבַּ֖ר He has shattered šib·bar עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ my bones . ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy Lamentations 3:5 בָּנָ֥ה He has besieged bā·nāh עָלַ֛י me ‘ā·lay וַיַּקַּ֖ף and surrounded me way·yaq·qap̄ רֹ֥אשׁ with bitterness rōš וּתְלָאָֽה׃ and hardship . ū·ṯə·lā·’āh Lamentations 3:6 הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי He has made me dwell hō·wō·šî·ḇa·nî בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים in darkness bə·ma·ḥă·šak·kîm כְּמֵתֵ֥י like those dead kə·mê·ṯê עוֹלָֽם׃ס for ages . ‘ō·w·lām Lamentations 3:7 גָּדַ֧ר He has walled me in gā·ḏar בַּעֲדִ֛י . . . ba·‘ă·ḏî וְלֹ֥א so I cannot wə·lō אֵצֵ֖א escape ; ’ê·ṣê הִכְבִּ֥יד He has weighed me down hiḵ·bîḏ נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃ with chains . nə·ḥā·šə·tî Lamentations 3:8 גַּ֣ם Even gam כִּ֤י when kî אֶזְעַק֙ I cry out ’ez·‘aq וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ and plead for help , wa·’ă·šaw·wê·a‘ שָׂתַ֖ם He shuts out śā·ṯam תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃ my prayer . tə·p̄il·lā·ṯî Lamentations 3:9 גָּדַ֤ר He has barred gā·ḏar דְּרָכַי֙ my ways də·rā·ḵay בְּגָזִ֔ית with cut stones ; bə·ḡā·zîṯ נְתִיבֹתַ֖י He has made my paths nə·ṯî·ḇō·ṯay עִוָּֽה׃ס crooked . ‘iw·wāh Lamentations 3:10 הוּא֙ He hū לִ֔י lî דֹּ֣ב is a bear dōḇ אֹרֵ֥ב lying in wait , ’ō·rêḇ אַרְיֵה a lion ʾar·yēh בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃ hiding in ambush . bə·mis·tā·rîm Lamentations 3:11 סוֹרֵ֛ר He forced me off sō·w·rêr דְּרָכַ֥י my path də·rā·ḵay וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי and tore me to pieces ; way·p̄aš·šə·ḥê·nî שָׂמַ֥נִי He left me śā·ma·nî שֹׁמֵֽם׃ without help . šō·mêm Lamentations 3:12 דָּרַ֤ךְ He bent dā·raḵ קַשְׁתוֹ֙ His bow qaš·ṯō וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי and set me way·yaṣ·ṣî·ḇê·nî כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א as the target kam·maṭ·ṭā·rā לַחֵֽץ׃ס for His arrow . la·ḥêṣ Lamentations 3:13 הֵבִיא֙ He pierced hê·ḇî בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔י my kidneys bə·ḵil·yō·w·ṯāy בְּנֵ֖י with His arrows bə·nê אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃ . . . . ’aš·pā·ṯōw Lamentations 3:14 הָיִ֤יתִי I am hā·yî·ṯî שְּׂחֹק֙ a laughingstock śə·ḥōq לְכָל־ to all lə·ḵāl עַמִּ֔י my people ; ‘am·mî נְגִינָתָ֖ם they mock me in song nə·ḡî·nā·ṯām כָּל־ all day long kāl- הַיּֽוֹם׃ . . . . hay·yō·wm Lamentations 3:15 הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי He has filled me hiś·bî·‘a·nî בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים with bitterness ; ḇam·mə·rō·w·rîm הִרְוַ֥נִי He has intoxicated me hir·wa·nî לַעֲנָֽה׃ס with wormwood . la·‘ă·nāh

