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    החיפוש מתעלם מניקוד, טעמים וסימני פיסוק - אפשר להקליד גם ללא ניקוד.

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    Lamentations 5 - English translation

    Translation: THE JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition. Verse numbers match the Hebrew text below.

    1. 1Remember, O E TERNAL One, what has befallen us; Behold, and see our disgrace!
    2. 2Our heritage has passed to aliens, Our homes to strangers.
    3. 3We have become orphans, fatherless; Our mothers are like widows.
    4. 4We must pay to drink our own water, Obtain our own kindling at a price.
    5. 5We are hotly pursued; Exhausted, we are given no rest.
    6. 6We hold out a hand to Egypt; To Assyria, for our fill of bread.
    7. 7Our ancestors sinned and are no more; And we must bear their guilt.
    8. 8Slaves are ruling over us, With none to rescue us from them.
    9. 9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
    10. 10Our skin glows like an oven, With the fever of famine.
    11. 11Those slaves have abused women in Zion, Maidens in the towns of Judah.
    12. 12Princes have been hanged by them; No respect has been shown to elders.
    13. 13Young men must carry millstones, And youths stagger under loads of wood.
    14. 14The elders are gone from the gate, The youngsters from their music.
    15. 15Gone is the joy of our hearts; Our dancing is turned into mourning.
    16. 16The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us that we have sinned!
    17. 17Because of this our hearts are sick, Because of these our eyes are dimmed:
    18. 18Because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate; Jackals prowl over it.
    19. 19But You, O E TERNAL One, are enthroned forever, Your throne endures through the ages.
    20. 20Why have You forgotten us utterly, Forsaken us for all time?
    21. 21Take us back, O E TERNAL One, to Yourself, And let us come back; Renew our days as of old!
    22. 22For truly, You have rejected us, Bitterly raged against us. Take us back, O E TERNAL One, to Yourself, And let us come back; Renew our days as of old!

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    1. א׳זְכֹ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ (הביט) [הַבִּ֖יטָה] וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃
    2. ב׳נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנׇכְרִֽים׃
    3. ג׳יְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ (אין) [וְאֵ֣ין] אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃
    4. ד׳מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃
    5. ה׳עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ (לא) [וְלֹ֥א] הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃
    6. ו׳מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃
    7. ז׳אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ (אינם) [וְאֵינָ֔ם] (אנחנו) [וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ] עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃
    8. ח׳עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃
    9. ט׳בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃
    10. י׳עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃
    11. י״אנָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃
    12. י״בשָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃
    13. י״גבַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃
    14. י״דזְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃
    15. ט״ושָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃
    16. ט״זנָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃
    17. י״זעַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃
    18. י״חעַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ {פ}
    19. י״טאַתָּ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְד֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃
    20. כ׳לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃
    21. כ״אהֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהֹוָ֤ה׀אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ (ונשוב) [וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה] חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃
    22. כ״בכִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃

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    Rashi's commentary

    1. Verse 20

      לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃

      Why do You forget us forever - Did You not swear to us by Yourself? Just as you exist forever, so does your oath exist forever.

    2. Verse 22

      כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃

      Bring us back, O Lord - Since it ends with words of rebuke, it was required to [repeat] the verse before it another time. And so [too in] Isaiah, the Twelve [Minor Prophets] and Ecclesiastes.

    Edition: Sefaria Community Translation. License: CC0. Sefaria.

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