| 2. Morphological Analysis avlah {אָבְלָ֣ה | ʾăḇlā(h)}: she mourns (verb • Qal perfect third person feminine singular) • Yehudah {יְהוּדָ֔ה | Yəhūdā(h)}: Judah (proper noun • feminine singular) • u-sheareha {וּשְׁעָרֶ֥יהָ | wə-šaʿārêhā}: and her gates (conjunction + noun • masculine plural construct + third person feminine singular suffix) • umlilu {אֻמְלְל֖וּ | ʾumləlû}: they languish (verb • Pual perfect third person masculine plural) • qadru {קָדְר֣וּ | qāḏrû}: they became dark (verb • Qal perfect third person masculine plural) • la-arets {לָאָ֑רֶץ | lā-ʾāreṣ}: to the ground (preposition + noun • feminine singular) • u-tsivhat {וְצִוְחַ֥ת | wə-ṣîwḥat}: and the cry of (conjunction + noun • feminine singular construct) • Yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם | Yərūšālayim}: Jerusalem (proper noun • feminine singular) • alatah {עָלָֽתָה | ʿālāṯā(h)}: has gone up (verb • Qal perfect third person feminine singular) |