InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Lam C1 C2 C4 C5
Lam 3 V1 V4 V7 V10 V13 V16 V19 V22 V25 V28 V31 V34 V37 V40 V43 V46 V49 V52 V55 V58 V61 V64
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּֽעָפָר֙ פִּ֔יהוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_gave in,dust mouth_of,his perhaps there_is hope )
In the writer’s culture, putting one’s mouth in the dust was a symbolic action that signified extreme humility and submission before God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [Let him humble himself completely before God]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
תִּקְוָֽה
(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_gave in,dust mouth_of,his perhaps there_is hope )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of hope, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [something to hope for]
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.