2Our inheritanceנַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙na.cha.la.Te.nuH5159has been turned overנֶֽהֶפְכָ֣הne.hef.KhahH2015to strangersלְזָרִ֔יםle.za.RimH2114,our housesבָּתֵּ֖ינוּba.Tei.nuH1004to foreignersלְנָכְרִֽים׃le.na.khe.RimH5237.
3We have becomeהָיִ֙ינוּ֙ha.Yi.nuH1961fatherlessוְאֵ֣ין אָ֔בve.ein 'AvH369H1orphansיְתוֹמִ֤יםye.to.MimH3490;our mothersאִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ'i.mo.Tei.nuH517are widowsכְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ke.'al.ma.NotH490.
4We must buyבְּכֶ֣סֶףbe.Khe.sefH3701the waterמֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙mei.Mei.nuH4325we drinkשָׁתִ֔ינוּsha.Ti.nuH8354;our woodעֵצֵ֖ינוּ'e.Tzei.nuH6086comesיָבֹֽאוּ׃ya.Vo.'uH935at a priceבִּמְחִ֥ירbim.ChirH4242.
5We are closelyעַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙'al tza.va.Re.nuH5921H6677pursuedנִרְדָּ֔פְנוּnir.Da.fe.nuH7291;we are wearyיָגַ֖עְנוּya.Ga'.nuH3021and findnoוְלֹ֥אve.lo'H3808restהֽוּנַֽחhu.nach-H5117.
6We submittedנָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔דna.Ta.nu YadH5414H3027to Egyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714andAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804to get enoughלִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽlis.Bo.a'H7646breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.
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