3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Lamentations 5:3:1 ⧉יְתוֹמִ֤יםyetomimorphans Lamentations 5:3:2 ⧉הָיִ֙ינוּ֙hayinuwe were or became Lamentations 5:3:3 ⧉וְאֵ֣יןveenand there is not Lamentations 5:3:4 ⧉אָ֔בava father Lamentations 5:3:5 ⧉אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּimotenuour mothers Lamentations 5:3:6 ⧉כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃kealmanotlike widows |
3. Formal Translation We have become orphans, with no father; our mothers are like widows. |
3. Dynamic Translation We are left fatherless, and our mothers live as though widowed. |