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אֱלִ֕יelilamentאָלָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “lament”, a commandH421to bewaillament.כִּבְתוּלָ֥הkivtulahas virginבְּתוּלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as virgin”, the ordinary formH1330a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or statemaid, virgin.חֲגֻֽרַתchaguratgirdחָגַרverb, qal, passive participle, construct — “gird”, a verb used as a describing wordH2296to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.שַׂ֖קsaqsackשַׂקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sack”, the ordinary formH8242properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)sack(-cloth, -clothes).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…בַּ֥עַלbaalhusbandבַּעַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “husband”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)[phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath i…נְעוּרֶֽיהָneureyhayouthנָעוּרnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “youth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5271(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)childhood, youth.
Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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American Standard Version (1901)
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Young’s Literal Translation
Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.
World English Bible
Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
Darby Translation
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Douay-Rheims
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Jewish Publication Society (1917)
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English
Lament to me more than a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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