Lamentations 5:6

The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

በዚህ ቋንቋ ገና ትርጉም የለም፤ English እየታየ ነው።

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1 זְכֹ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ (הביט) [הַבִּ֖יטָה] וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; Behold, and see our reproach.

2 נַחֲלָתֵ֙נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנׇכְרִֽים׃ Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

3 יְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֙ינוּ֙ (אין) [וְאֵ֣ין] אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃ We are become orphans and fatherless, Our mothers are as widows.

4 מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃ We have drunk our water for money; Our wood cometh to us for price.

5 עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֙נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ (לא) [וְלֹ֥א] הֽוּנַֽח־לָֽנוּ׃ To our very necks we are pursued; We labour, and have no rest.

6 מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃ We have given the hand to Egypt, And to Assyria, to have bread enough;

7 אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ (אינם) [וְאֵינָ֔ם] (אנחנו) [וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ] עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃ Our fathers have sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

8 עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃ Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

9 בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ We get our bread with the peril of our lives Because of the sword of the wilderness.

10 עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃ Our skin is hot like an oven Because of the burning heat of famine.

11 נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ They have ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.

12 שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃ Princes are hanged up by their hand; The faces of elders are not honoured.

13 בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ The young men have borne the mill, And the children have stumbled under the wood.

14 זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃ The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

15 שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃ The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

16 נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃ The crown is fallen from our head; Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

17 עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ For this our heart is faint, For these things our eyes are dim;

18 עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ {פ}
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, The foxes walk upon it.

19 אַתָּ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְד֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.

20 לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃ Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

21 הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ (ונשוב) [וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה] חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃ Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

22 כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃ Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, And be exceeding wroth against us!
[Turn us unto Thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.]

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ቃል በቃል (Hebrew → English · Strong’s)

מִצְרַ֨יִם֙MitsrayimMitsrajim
נָתַ֣נּוּnâthanto give
יָ֔דyâda hand (the open one (indicating power
אַשּׁ֖וּרʼAshshûwrAshshur
לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽsâbaʻto sate
לָֽחֶםlechemfood

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (CC BY 4.0); Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary (CC BY-SA).

Lamentations 5:6 in every translation

עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah

מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

We have given the hand to Egypt, And to Assyria, to have bread enough;

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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra

מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

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עברית · Tanach with Text Only

מצרים נתנו יד אשור לשבע לחם

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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud

מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַ לָחֶם׃

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English · The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

[To] Egypt we stretched out a hand [(to support ourselves on them)]; [to] Ashur, to be sated with [their] bread.

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English · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001

We extended a hand toward Egypt [for assistance,] toward Ashur, to satiate us with bread.

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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]

En Égypte nous avons tendu la main, et à Achour, pour avoir du pain en suffisance.

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עברית · Eichah in Modern Hebrew, by Dr. Yaacov Maoz, 2018

נאלצנו לבקש מהמצרים סיוע, ומהאשורים לחם לאכול.

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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]

Ku Egiptowi wyciągaliśmy dłoń, ku Aszurowi, aby nasycić się chleba.

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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]

צו מִצרַיִם האָבן מיר אַ האַנט אױסגעשטרעקט, צו אַשור – זיך מיט ברױט צו זעטן.

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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]

Al Egiptujo ni etendis la manon,Al Asirio, por satiĝi per pano.

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Commentary on Lamentations 5:6

Rashi

English

Toward Egypt we extended a hand [for assistance]. It is customary for a person who is falling and wishes to stand up to stretch out a hand to someone nearby to help him. Here too, we stretched out a hand to Egypt that they should help us.

[Toward] Ashur. That they sate us with their bread.

We extended [a hand]. נָתַנּוּ is] the same as נָתַנְנוּ. The dagesh in the nun takes the place of the second nun, as in, “for all is from You, and from Your hand we have given נָתַנּוּ it to You,” and as in, “and we will give וְנָתַנּוּ our daughters to you.”

The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001 · ፈቃድ: CC-BY · Full commentary on Sefaria

Ibn Ezra

עברית

מצרים נָתַנּוּ יד – דגשות הנו"ן במלת נתנו תחת נו"ן השרש, כי זאת הנו"ן סימן המדברים. ונתינת היד שבועה וְהִנֵּה נָתַן יָדוֹ (יחזקאל יז יח) והטעם כתקיעת כף כי נשבעו למצרים ואשור ואולי נשׂבע:

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