The Tanakh

איכה ה׳Lamentations 5

Chapter 5 of 5 in Lamentations — 22 verses

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Total gematria: 36,608
Letters: 595
Words: 145
Verses: 22
Per word average: 252.47

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Verse 1א׳Standard1,787

זְכֹר יְהוָה מֶֽה־הָיָה לָנוּ הביט וּרְאֵה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; Behold, and see our reproach.

Verse 2ב׳Standard1,809

נַחֲלָתֵנוּ נֶֽהֶפְכָה לְזָרִים בָּתֵּינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים

Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.

Verse 3ג׳Standard1,705

יְתוֹמִים הָיִינוּ אין אָב אִמֹּתֵינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת

We are become orphans and fatherless, Our mothers are as widows.

Verse 4ד׳Standard1,589

מֵימֵינוּ בְּכֶסֶף שָׁתִינוּ עֵצֵינוּ בִּמְחִיר יָבֹֽאוּ

We have drunk our water for money; Our wood cometh to us for price.

Verse 5ה׳Standard1,168

עַל צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּפְנוּ יָגַעְנוּ לא הֽוּנַח לָֽנוּ

To our very necks we are pursued; We labour, and have no rest.

Verse 6ו׳Standard1,887

מִצְרַיִם נָתַנּוּ יָד אַשּׁוּר לִשְׂבֹּעַֽ לָֽחֶם

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

Verse 7ז׳Standard1,438

אֲבֹתֵינוּ חָֽטְאוּ אינם אנחנו עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶם סָבָֽלְנוּ

Our fathers have sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.

Verse 8ח׳Standard1,095

עֲבָדִים מָשְׁלוּ בָנוּ פֹּרֵק אֵין מִיָּדָֽם

Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

Verse 9ט׳Standard1,326

בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא לַחְמֵנוּ מִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר

We get our bread with the peril of our lives Because of the sword of the wilderness.

Verse 10י׳Standard2,369

עוֹרֵנוּ כְּתַנּוּר נִכְמָרוּ מִפְּנֵי זַלְעֲפוֹת רָעָֽב

Our skin is hot like an oven Because of the burning heat of famine.

Verse 11י״אStandard1,828

נָשִׁים בְּצִיּוֹן עִנּוּ בְּתֻלֹת בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָֽה

They have ravished the women in Zion, The maidens in the cities of Judah.

Verse 12י״בStandard1,735

שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם נִתְלוּ פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים לֹא נֶהְדָּֽרוּ

Princes are hanged up by their hand; The faces of elders are not honoured.

Verse 13י״גStandard1,590

בַּחוּרִים טְחוֹן נָשָׂאוּ וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ

The young men have borne the mill, And the children have stumbled under the wood.

Verse 14י״דStandard2,384

זְקֵנִים מִשַּׁעַר שָׁבָתוּ בַּחוּרִים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם

The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

Verse 15ט״וStandard1,788

שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ לִבֵּנוּ נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

Verse 16ט״זStandard1,659

נָֽפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ אֽוֹי־נָא לָנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ

The crown is fallen from our head; Woe unto us! for we have sinned.

Verse 17י״זStandard901

עַל־זֶה הָיָה דָוֶה לִבֵּנוּ עַל־אֵלֶּה חָשְׁכוּ עֵינֵֽינוּ

For this our heart is faint, For these things our eyes are dim;

Verse 18י״חStandard1,666

עַל הַר־צִיּוֹן שֶׁשָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ

For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, The foxes walk upon it.

Verse 19י״טStandard1,861

אַתָּה יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב כִּסְאֲךָ לְדֹר וָדֽוֹר

Thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever, Thy throne is from generation to generation.

Verse 20כ׳Standard1,923

לָמָּה לָנֶצַח תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵנוּ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִֽים

Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?

Verse 21כ״אStandard1,416

הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ ונשוב חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם

Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

Verse 22כ״בStandard1,684

כִּי אִם־מָאֹס מְאַסְתָּנוּ קָצַפְתָּ עָלֵינוּ 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.]

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.