OET interlinear LAM 3:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

זְכָר־עָנְיִ֥⁠י וּ⁠מְרוּדִ֖⁠י

remember affliction_of,my and,homelessness_of,my

The writer is using the imperative form Remember to make a request to God, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. If the imperative does not communicate a polite request for your readers, then use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [Please remember my affliction and my wandering]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

זְכָר־עָנְיִ֥⁠י וּ⁠מְרוּדִ֖⁠י

remember affliction_of,my and,homelessness_of,my

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of affliction and wandering, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [Remember how I have been afflicted and how I have wandered]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

עָנְיִ֥⁠י וּ⁠מְרוּדִ֖⁠י

affliction_of,my and,homelessness_of,my

The terms my affliction and my wandering mean similar things. The writer is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [my great distress]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

לַעֲנָ֥ה וָ⁠רֹֽאשׁ

wormwood and,poison

The terms the wormwood and the poison mean similar things. The writer again is using the two terms together for emphasis and here also you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [the overwhelming bitterness]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לַעֲנָ֥ה וָ⁠רֹֽאשׁ

wormwood and,poison

Here the writer speaks of his bitter suffering as if it were wormwood and poison that he was forced to taste. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the overwhelming bitterness of my experience]