Study it in the app“My insides, my insides! I writhe in pain! The walls of my heart! My heart is pounding within me; I cannot keep silent, for you have heard, my soul, the sound of the horn, the battle cry of war.”
My insides,מֵעַיmy insides!מֵעַיI writhe in pain!אוֹחִילָהThe wallsקִירוֹתof my heart!לִבִּיMy heartלִבִּיis poundingהֹמֶהwithin me;לִּיI cannotלֹאkeep silent,אַחֲרִישׁforכִּיyou have heard,שָׁמַעַתְּmy soul,נַפְשִׁיthe soundקוֹלof the horn,שׁוֹפָרthe battle cryתְּרוּעַתof war.מִלְחָמָה
compassion
What is felt inside: pain, anguish or compassion felt in the bowels.
Where else “mea” appearswait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “ochila” appearswall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kirot” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appearsmoan
To be restless inside, groan.
Where else “home” appearsbe silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “acharish” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamaat” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appearssound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appearshorn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appearswar cry
A loud voice that warns of war or danger.
Where else “teruat” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears18Your way and your deeds have done these things to you; this is your evil, for it is bitter, for it has reached to your heart.”
19 · This verse (above)
20Breaking upon breaking is proclaimed, for the whole land is devastated; suddenly my tents are devastated, in a moment my curtains.
