OET interlinear LAM 3:48

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֨יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: streams_of waters flow eye_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction_of daughter_of my_people_of,my )

The writer says Streams of water go down from my eye as an extreme statement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [Many tears flow from my eye]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֨יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: streams_of waters flow eye_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction_of daughter_of my_people_of,my )

Here, my eye represents the writer himself as the one who is weeping. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [I weep profusely]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עַל־שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽ⁠י

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: streams_of waters flow eye_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction_of daughter_of my_people_of,my )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of destruction, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [because my people have been destroyed]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בַּת־עַמִּֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: streams_of waters flow eye_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction_of daughter_of my_people_of,my )

Here the writer is speaking of his people as if they were a daughter. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [my beloved people]