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Job 30

Hebrew Interlinear
Job’s Honor Turned to Contempt
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וְעַתָּ֤ה׀ wə·‘at·tāh Conj-w | Adv H6258 But now
שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ śā·ḥă·qū V-Qal-Perf-3cp H7832 they mock me
עָלַי֮ ‘ā·lay Prep | 1cs H5921 . . .,
צְעִירִ֥ים ṣə·‘î·rîm Adj-mp H6810 men younger
מִמֶּ֗נִּי mim·men·nî Prep | 1cs H4480 than I am,
לְיָ֫מִ֥ים lə·yā·mîm Prep-l | N-mp H3117 . . .
אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă·šer- Pro-r H834 whose
אֲבוֹתָ֑ם ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām N-mpc | 3mp H1 fathers
מָאַ֥סְתִּי mā·’as·tî V-Qal-Perf-1cs H3988 I would have refused
לָ֝שִׁ֗ית lā·šîṯ Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf H7896 to put
עִם־ ‘im- Prep H5973 with
צֹאנִֽי׃ ṣō·nî N-fsc | 1cs H6629 my sheep
כַּלְבֵ֥י kal·ḇê N-mpc H3611 dogs.
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גַּם־ gam- Conj H1571 -
לָ֣מָּה lām·māh Prep-l | Interrog H4100 What use
לִּ֑י Prep | 1cs to me
עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ ‘ā·lê·mōw Prep | 3mp H5921 . . .
כֹּ֣חַ kō·aḥ N-msc H3581 was the strength
יְ֭דֵיהֶם yə·ḏê·hem N-fdc | 3mp H3027 of their hands,
כָּֽלַח׃ kā·laḥ N-ms H3624 since their vigor
אָ֣בַד ’ā·ḇaḏ V-Qal-Perf-3ms H6 had left them?
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גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד gal·mūḏ Adj-ms H1565 Gaunt
בְּחֶ֥סֶר bə·ḥe·ser Prep-b | N-ms H2639 from poverty
וּבְכָפָ֗ן ū·ḇə·ḵā·p̄ān Conj-w, Prep-b | N-ms H3720 and hunger,
הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים ha·‘ō·rə·qîm Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp H6207 they gnawed
צִיָּ֑ה ṣî·yāh N-fs H6723 the dry land,
שׁוֹאָ֥ה šō·w·’āh N-fs H7722 and the desolate
וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ ū·mə·šō·’āh Conj-w | N-fs H4875 wasteland
אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ ’e·meš N-msc H570 by night.
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הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים haq·qō·ṭə·p̄îm Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp H6998 They plucked
מַלּ֣וּחַ mal·lū·aḥ N-ms H4408 mallow
עֲלֵי־ ‘ă·lê- Prep H5921 among
שִׂ֑יחַ śî·aḥ N-ms H7880 the shrubs,
וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ wə·šō·reš Conj-w | N-msc H8328 and the roots
רְתָמִ֣ים rə·ṯā·mîm N-mp H7574 of the broom tree
לַחְמָֽם׃ laḥ·mām Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf | 3mp H3899 were their food.
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יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ yə·ḡō·rā·šū V-Pual-Imperf-3mp H1644 They were banished
מִן־ min- Prep H4480 from
גֵּ֥ו gêw N-ms H1460 among [men],
יָרִ֥יעוּ yā·rî·‘ū V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp H7321 shouted
עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ ‘ā·lê·mōw Prep | 3mp H5921 at
כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ kag·gan·nāḇ Prep-k, Art | N-ms H1590 like thieves,
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לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן liš·kōn Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf H7931 so that they lived
בַּעֲר֣וּץ ba·‘ă·rūṣ Prep-b | N-fsc H6178 on the slopes
נְחָלִ֣ים nə·ḥā·lîm N-mp H5158 of the wadis,
וְכֵפִֽים׃ wə·ḵê·p̄îm Conj-w | N-mp H3710 among the rocks
חֹרֵ֖י ḥō·rê N-mpc H2356 and in holes
עָפָ֣ר ‘ā·p̄ār N-ms H6083 in the ground.
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יִנְהָ֑קוּ yin·hā·qū V-Qal-Imperf-3mp H5101 They cried out
בֵּין־ bên- Prep H996 among
שִׂיחִ֥ים śî·ḥîm N-mp H7880 the shrubs
יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ yə·sup·pā·ḥū V-Pual-Imperf-3mp H5596 and huddled
תַּ֖חַת ta·ḥaṯ Prep H8478 beneath
חָר֣וּל ḥā·rūl N-ms H2738 the nettles.
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נָ֭בָל nā·ḇāl Adj-ms H5036 A senseless
בְּֽנֵי־ bə·nê- N-mpc H1121
גַּם־ gam- Conj H1571 and
בְלִי־ ḇə·lî- Adv H1097 vvv
שֵׁ֑ם šêm N-ms H8034 nameless
בְּנֵ֣י bə·nê N-mpc H1121 brood,
נִ֝כְּא֗וּ nik·kə·’ū V-Nifal-Perf-3cp H5217 they were driven
מִן־ min- Prep H4480 off
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ hā·’ā·reṣ Art | N-fs H776 the land.
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וְ֭עַתָּה wə·‘at·tāh Conj-w | Adv H6258 And now
הָיִ֑יתִי hā·yî·ṯî V-Qal-Perf-1cs H1961 vvv
נְגִינָתָ֣ם nə·ḡî·nā·ṯām N-fsc | 3mp H5058 they mock me in song;
וָאֱהִ֖י wā·’ĕ·hî Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs H1961 I have become
לְמִלָּֽה׃ lə·mil·lāh Prep-l | N-fs H4405 a byword
לָהֶ֣ם lā·hem Prep-l | Pro-3mp among them.
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תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי ti·‘ă·ḇū·nî V-Piel-Perf-3cp | 1cs H8581 They abhor me
רָ֣חֲקוּ rā·ḥă·qū V-Qal-Perf-3cp H7368 and keep far
מֶ֑נִּי men·nî Prep | 1cs H4480 from me;
לֹא־ lō- Adv-NegPrt H3808 they do not
חָ֥שְׂכוּ ḥā·śə·ḵū V-Qal-Perf-3cp H2820 hesitate
רֹֽק׃ rōq N-ms H7536 to spit
וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י ū·mip·pā·nay Conj-w, Prep-m | N-mpc | 1cs H6440 in my face.
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כִּֽי־ kî- Conj H3588 Because
פִ֭תַּח p̄it·taḥ V-Piel-Perf-3ms H6605 God has unstrung
יִתְרוֹ yiṯ·rō N-msc | 1cs H3499 my bow
וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי way·‘an·nê·nî Conj-w | V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms | 1cs H6031 and afflicted me,
שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ šil·lê·ḥū V-Piel-Perf-3cp H7971 they have cast off
וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן wə·re·sen Conj-w | N-ms H7448 restraint
מִפָּנַ֥י mip·pā·nay Prep-m | N-mpc | 1cs H6440 in my presence.
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פִּרְחַ֪ח pir·ḥaḥ N-ms H6526 The rabble
יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ yā·qū·mū V-Qal-Imperf-3mp H6965 arises
עַל־ ‘al- Prep H5921 at
יָמִין֮ yā·mîn N-fs H3225 my right;
שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ šil·lê·ḥū V-Piel-Perf-3cp H7971 they lay snares
רַגְלַ֥י raḡ·lay N-fdc | 1cs H7272 for my feet
וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ way·yā·sōl·lū Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp H5549 and build
אָרְח֥וֹת ’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ N-cpc H734 siege ramps
אֵידָֽם׃ ’ê·ḏām N-msc | 3mp H343 . . .
עָ֝לַ֗י ‘ā·lay Prep | 1cs H5921 against me.
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נָתְס֗וּ nā·ṯə·sū V-Qal-Perf-3cp H5420 They tear up
נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י nə·ṯî·ḇā·ṯî N-fsc | 1cs H5410 my path;
יֹעִ֑ילוּ yō·‘î·lū V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp H3276 they profit
לְהַוָּתִ֥י lə·haw·wā·ṯî Prep-l | N-fsc | 1cs H1942 from my destruction,
לֹ֖א Adv-NegPrt H3808 with no one
עֹזֵ֣ר ‘ō·zêr V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms H5826 to restrain
לָֽמוֹ׃ lā·mōw Prep | 3mp them.
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יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ ye·’ĕ·ṯā·yū V-Qal-Imperf-3mp H857 They advance
רָחָ֣ב rā·ḥāḇ Adj-ms H7342 as through a wide
כְּפֶ֣רֶץ kə·p̄e·reṣ Prep-k | N-ms H6556 breach;
תַּ֥חַת ta·ḥaṯ Prep H8478 through
שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה šō·ʾāh N-fs H7722 the ruins
הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃ hiṯ·gal·gā·lū V-Hitpael-Perf-3cp H1556 they keep rolling in.
Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity
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בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת bal·lā·hō·wṯ N-fp H1091 Terrors
הָהְפַּ֥ךְ hā·hə·paḵ V-Hofal-Perf-3ms H2015 are turned loose
עָלַ֗י ‘ā·lay Prep | 1cs H5921 against me;
תִּרְדֹּ֣ף tir·dōp̄ V-Qal-Imperf-3fs H7291 they drive away
נְדִבָתִ֑י nə·ḏi·ḇā·ṯî N-fsc | 1cs H5082 my dignity
כָּ֭רוּחַ kā·rū·aḥ Prep-k, Art | N-cs H7307 as by the wind,
יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃ yə·šu·‘ā·ṯî N-fsc | 1cs H3444 and my prosperity
עָבְרָ֥ה ‘ā·ḇə·rāh V-Qal-Perf-3fs H5674 has passed
וּ֝כְעָ֗ב ū·ḵə·‘āḇ Conj-w, Prep-k | N-cs H5645 like a cloud.
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וְעַתָּ֗ה wə·‘at·tāh Conj-w | Adv H6258 And now
נַפְשִׁ֑י nap̄·šî N-fsc | 1cs H5315 my soul
תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ tiš·tap·pêḵ V-Hitpael-Imperf-3fs H8210 is poured out
עָ֭לַי ‘ā·lay Prep | 1cs H5921 within me;
יְמֵי־ yə·mê- N-mpc H3117 days
עֹֽנִי׃ ‘ō·nî N-ms H6040 of affliction
יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי yō·ḥă·zū·nî V-Qal-Imperf-3mp | 1cs H270 grip me.
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לַ֗יְלָה lay·lāh N-ms H3915 Night
נִקַּ֣ר niq·qar V-Piel-Perf-3ms H5365 pierces
מֵעָלָ֑י mê·‘ā·lāy Prep-m | 1cs H5921 . . .
עֲ֭צָמַי ‘ă·ṣā·may N-fpc | 1cs H6106 my bones,
וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י wə·‘ō·rə·qay Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc | 1cs H6207 and my gnawing pains
לֹ֣א Adv-NegPrt H3808 never
יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ yiš·kā·ḇūn V-Qal-Imperf-3mp | Pn H7901 rest.
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בְּרָב־ bə·rāḇ- Prep-b | N-msc H7227 With great
כֹּ֭חַ kō·aḥ N-ms H3581 force
יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ yiṯ·ḥap·pêś V-Hitpael-Imperf-3ms H2664 He grasps
לְבוּשִׁ֑י lə·ḇū·šî N-msc | 1cs H3830 my garment;
יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃ ya·’az·rê·nî V-Qal-Imperf-3ms | 1cs H247 He seizes me
כְּפִ֖י kə·p̄î Prep-k | N-msc H6310 by the collar
כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י ḵut·tā·nə·tî N-fsc | 1cs H3801 of my tunic.
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הֹרָ֥נִי hō·rā·nî V-Hifil-Perf-3ms | 1cs H3384 He throws me
לַחֹ֑מֶר la·ḥō·mer Prep-l, Art | N-ms H2563 into the mud,
וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל wā·’eṯ·maš·šêl Conj-w | V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-1cs H4911 and I have become
כֶּעָפָ֥ר ke·‘ā·p̄ār Prep-k, Art | N-ms H6083 like dust
וָאֵֽפֶר׃ wā·’ê·p̄er Conj-w | N-ms H665 and ashes.
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אֵ֭לֶיךָ ’ê·le·ḵā Prep | 2ms H413 I cry out to You
אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע ’ă·šaw·wa‘ V-Piel-Imperf-1cs H7768 for help,
וְלֹ֣א wə·lō Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt H3808 but You do not
תַעֲנֵ֑נִי ṯa·‘ă·nê·nî V-Qal-Imperf-2ms | 1cs H6030 answer;
עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי ‘ā·maḏ·tî V-Qal-Perf-1cs H5975 when I stand up,
וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן wat·tiṯ·bō·nen Conj-w | V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-2ms H995 You merely look
בִּֽי׃ Prep | 1cs at me.
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תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ tê·hā·p̄êḵ V-Nifal-Imperf-2ms H2015 You have ruthlessly turned
לְאַכְזָ֣ר lə·’aḵ·zār Prep-l | Adj-ms H393
לִ֑י Prep | 1cs on me;
תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃ ṯiś·ṭə·mê·nî V-Qal-Imperf-2ms | 1cs H7852 You oppose me
בְּעֹ֖צֶם bə·‘ō·ṣem Prep-b | N-msc H6108 with Your strong
יָדְךָ֣ yā·ḏə·ḵā N-fsc | 2ms H3027 hand.
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תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי tiś·śā·’ê·nî V-Qal-Imperf-2ms | 1cs H5375 You snatch me up
אֶל־ ’el- Prep H413 into
ר֭וּחַ rū·aḥ N-cs H7307 the wind
תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי tar·kî·ḇê·nî V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms | 1cs H7392 and drive me [before it];
וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי ū·ṯə·mō·ḡə·ḡê·nî Conj-w | V-Piel-ConjImperf-2ms | 1cs H4127 You toss me about
תְּשֻׁוֶּה׃ tə·šuw·wɛh N-fs H7737 in the storm.
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כִּֽי־ kî- Conj H3588 Yes,
יָ֭דַעְתִּי yā·ḏa‘·tî V-Qal-Perf-1cs H3045 I know that
תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִי tə·šî·ḇê·nî V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms | 1cs H7725 You will bring me down
מָ֣וֶת mā·weṯ N-ms H4194 [to] death,
וּבֵ֖ית ū·ḇêṯ Conj-w | N-msc H1004 to the place
מוֹעֵ֣ד mō·w·‘êḏ N-ms H4150 appointed
לְכָל־ lə·ḵāl Prep-l | N-msc H3605 for all
חָֽי׃ ḥāy Adj-ms H2416 the living.
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אַ֣ךְ ’aḵ Adv H389 Yet
לֹא־ lō- Adv-NegPrt H3808 no one
יִשְׁלַח־ yiš·laḥ- V-Qal-Imperf-3ms H7971 stretches out
יָ֑ד yāḏ N-fs H3027 his hand
בְ֭עִי ḇə·‘î Prep-b | N-ms H5856 against a ruined man
אִם־ ’im- Conj H518 when
שֽׁוּעַ׃ šū·a‘ N-ms H7769 he cries for help
בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ bə·p̄î·ḏōw Prep-b | N-msc | 3ms H6365 in his distress
לָהֶ֥ן lā·hen Conj . . ..
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אִם־ ’im- Conj H518 -
לֹ֣א Adv-NegPrt H3808 Have I not
בָ֭כִיתִי ḇā·ḵî·ṯî V-Qal-Perf-1cs H1058 wept
לִקְשֵׁה־ liq·šêh- Prep-l | Adj-msc H7186 for those in trouble
י֑וֹם yō·wm N-ms H3117 . . .?
נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י nap̄·šî N-fsc | 1cs H5315 Has my soul
עָֽגְמָ֥ה ‘ā·ḡə·māh V-Qal-Perf-3fs H5701 not grieved
לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ lā·’eḇ·yō·wn Prep-l, Art | Adj-ms H34 for the needy?
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כִּ֤י Conj H3588 But when
קִ֭וִּיתִי qiw·wî·ṯî V-Piel-Perf-1cs H6960 I hoped for
ט֣וֹב ṭō·wḇ N-ms H2896 good,
רָ֑ע rā‘ Adj-ms H7451 evil
וַיָּ֣בֹא way·yā·ḇō Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H935 came;
וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה wa·’ă·ya·ḥă·lāh Conj-w | V-Piel-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs H3176 when I looked
לְ֝א֗וֹר lə·’ō·wr Prep | N-cs H216 for light,
אֹֽפֶל׃ ’ō·p̄el N-ms H652 darkness
וַיָּ֥בֹא way·yā·ḇō Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H935 fell.
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רֻתְּח֥וּ rut·tə·ḥū V-Pual-Perf-3cp H7570 I am churning
מֵעַ֖י mê·‘ay N-mpc | 1cs H4578 within
וְלֹא־ wə·lō- Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt H3808 and cannot
דָ֗מּוּ ḏām·mū V-Qal-Perf-3cp H1826 rest;
יְמֵי־ yə·mê- N-mpc H3117 days
עֹֽנִי׃ ‘ō·nî N-ms H6040 of affliction
קִדְּמֻ֥נִי qid·də·mu·nî V-Piel-Perf-3cp | 1cs H6923 confront me.
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הִ֭לַּכְתִּי hil·laḵ·tî V-Piel-Perf-1cs H1980 I go about
קֹדֵ֣ר qō·ḏêr V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms H6937 blackened,
בְּלֹ֣א bə·lō Prep-b | Adv-NegPrt H3808 but not
חַמָּ֑ה ḥam·māh N-fs H2535 by the sun.
קַ֖מְתִּי qam·tî V-Qal-Perf-1cs H6965 I stand up
בַקָּהָ֣ל ḇaq·qā·hāl Prep-b, Art | N-ms H6951 in the assembly
אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃ ’ă·šaw·wê·a‘ V-Piel-Imperf-1cs H7768 and cry for help.
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הָיִ֣יתִי hā·yî·ṯî V-Qal-Perf-1cs H1961 I have become
אָ֭ח ’āḥ N-ms H251 a brother
לְתַנִּ֑ים lə·ṯan·nîm Prep-l | N-cp H8577 of jackals,
וְ֝רֵ֗עַ wə·rê·a‘ Conj-w | N-ms H7453 a companion
לִבְנ֥וֹת liḇ·nō·wṯ Prep-l | N-fpc H1323 vvv
יַעֲנָֽה׃ ya·‘ă·nāh N-fs H3284 of ostriches.
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ע֭וֹרִי ‘ō·w·rî N-msc | 1cs H5785 My skin
שָׁחַ֣ר šā·ḥar V-Qal-Perf-3ms H7835 grows black
מִנִּי־ min·nî- Prep H4480 and peels
מֵעָלָ֑י mê·‘ā·lāy Prep-m | 1cs H5921 . . .,
וְעַצְמִי־ wə·‘aṣ·mî- Conj-w | N-fsc | 1cs H6106 and my bones
חָ֝֗רָה ḥā·rāh V-Qal-Perf-3fs H2787 burn
חֹֽרֶב׃ ḥō·reḇ N-ms H2721 with fever.
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כִּנֹּרִ֑י kin·nō·rî N-msc | 1cs H3658 My harp
וַיְהִ֣י way·hî Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H1961 is tuned
לְ֭אֵבֶל lə·’ê·ḇel Prep-l | N-ms H60 to mourning
וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י wə·‘u·ḡā·ḇî Conj-w | N-msc | 1cs H5748 and my flute
לְק֣וֹל lə·qō·wl Prep-l | N-ms H6963 to the sound
בֹּכִֽים׃ bō·ḵîm V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp H1058 of weeping.

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