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Lamentations 4:4-10

4Thetongueלְשׁ֥וֹןle.ShonH3956ofthesuckingchildH5768cleavethtotheroofofhismouthH2441forthirstבַּצָּמָ֑אba.tza.Ma'H6772;theyoungchildrenH5768askשָׁ֣אֲלוּSha.'a.luH7592breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899,nomanbreakethituntothem.

5Theythatfeddelicatelyaredesolateנָשַׁ֖מּוּna.Sha.muH8074inthestreetsבַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351;theythatwerebroughtupinscarletH8438embraceH2263dung-hills.

6AndthepunishmentH5771oftheiniquityעֲוֹ֣ן'a.VonH5771ofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971isgreaterוַיִּגְדַּל֙vai.yig.DalH1431thantherewardofthesinמֵֽחַטַּ֖אתme.cha.TatH2403ofSodomסְדֹ֑םse.DomH5467, whichwasoverthrownasinamomentרָ֔גַעRa.ga'H7281,andnohandsיָדָֽיִם׃ סya.Da.yimH3027wereviolentlylaiduponher.

7Her Nazariteswerepurerthansnowמִשֶּׁ֔לֶגmi.She.legH7950,whiterthanmilkמֵחָלָ֑בme.cha.LavH2461; theyweremoreruddyinbodythan rubies, their figure was assapphireסַפִּ֖ירsa.PirH5601.

8TheirvisageisH1961darkerthanblackness,theyarenotknowninthestreetsבַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351;theirskinעוֹרָם֙o.RamH5785cleavethtotheirbonesעַצְמָ֔ם'atz.MamH6106,itisH1961witheredH3001,itisH1961becomeהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961likeastick.

9Theslainחַלְלֵי־cha.lei-H2491withtheswordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719arehappierthantheslainמֵֽחַלְלֵ֖יme.cha.LeiH2491withhungerרָעָ֑בra.'AvH7458;forthesepineaway,strickenthroughforwantofthefruitsH8570ofthefieldשָׂדָֽי׃ סsa.DaiH7704.

10Thehandsיְדֵ֗יye.DeiH3027ofpitifulwomenH802haveboiledבִּשְּׁל֖וּbi.she.LuH1310theirownchildrenH3206:theywereH1961theirmeatintheruinH7667ofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּֽי׃ ס'a.MiH5971.

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