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Lamentations 4:7-11

7Her Nazaritesנְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙ne.zi.Rei.haH5139were purerזַכּ֤וּza.KuH2141than snowמִשֶּׁ֔לֶגmi.She.legH7950,they were whiterצַח֖וּtza.ChuH6705than milkמֵחָלָ֑בme.cha.LavH2461,they were more ruddyאָ֤דְמוּ'A.de.muH119in bodyעֶ֙צֶם֙'e.tzemH6106than rubiesמִפְּנִינִ֔יםmi.pe.ni.NimH6443,their polishingגִּזְרָתָֽם׃ סgiz.ra.TamH1508wasof sapphireסַפִּ֖ירsa.PirH5601:

8Their visageתָּֽאֳרָ֔םto.'o.RamH8389is blackerחָשַׁ֤ךְcha.ShakhH2821than a coalמִשְּׁחוֹר֙mi.she.chOrH7815;they are not knownנִכְּר֖וּni.ke.RuH5234in the streetsבַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351:their skinעוֹרָם֙o.RamH5785cleavethצָפַ֤דtza.FadH6821to their bonesעַצְמָ֔ם'atz.MamH6106;it is witheredH3001,it is become like a stickכָעֵֽץ׃ סkha.'EtzH6086.

9They that beslainחַלְלֵי־cha.lei-H2491with the swordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719are betterטוֹבִ֤יםto.VimH2896than they that beslainמֵֽחַלְלֵ֖יme.cha.LeiH2491with hungerרָעָ֑בra.'AvH7458:for theseשֶׁ֣הֵ֤םshe.HemH1992pine awayיָז֙וּבוּ֙ya.Zu.vuH2100,strickenמְדֻקָּרִ֔יםme.du.ka.RimH1856through for want ofthe fruitsמִתְּנוּבֹ֖תmi.te.nu.VotH8570of the fieldשָׂדָֽי׃ סsa.DaiH7704.

10The handsיְדֵ֗יye.DeiH3027of the pitifulרַחֲמָ֣נִיּ֔וֹתra.cha.Ma.ni.YotH7362womenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802have soddenבִּשְּׁל֖וּbi.she.LuH1310their own childrenיַלְדֵיהֶ֑ןyal.dei.HenH3206:they were their meatלְבָרוֹת֙le.va.rOtH1262in the destructionבְּשֶׁ֖בֶרbe.She.verH7667of the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of my peopleעַמִּֽי׃ ס'a.MiH5971.

11Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath accomplishedכִּלָּ֤הki.LahH3615his furyחֲמָת֔וֹcha.ma.ToH2534;he hath poured outשָׁפַ֖ךְsha.FakhH8210his fierceחֲר֣וֹןcha.RonH2740angerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639,and hath kindledוַיַּצֶּת־vai.ya.tzet-H3341a fireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784in Zionבְּצִיּ֔וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726,and it hath devouredוַתֹּ֖אכַלva.To.khalH398the foundationsיְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סye.so.do.Tei.haH3247thereof.

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