Study it in the app“Arise, cry aloud in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out like water your heart before the face of Adonai; lift up to him your hands for the life of your little children who faint from hunger at the head of every street.””
Arise,קוּמִיcry aloudרֹנִּיin the night,בַלַּיְלָהat the beginningלְרֹאשׁof the watches;אַשְׁמֻרוֹתpour outשִׁפְכִיlike waterכַמַּיִםyour heartלִבֵּךְbefore the faceנֹכַח פְּנֵיof Adonai;אֲדֹנָיlift upשְׂאִיto himאֵלָיוyour handsכַּפַּיִךְfor the lifeעַל נֶפֶשׁof your little childrenעוֹלָלַיִךְwho faintהָעֲטוּפִיםfrom hungerבְּרָעָבat the headבְּרֹאשׁof everyכָּלstreet.”חוּצוֹת
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumi” appearscry aloud
To call out loudly.
Where else “roni” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsbeginning
Literally "the head": the first moment of something.
Where else “rosh” appearsnight watch
Watch: each of the parts into which the night was divided; the morning watch was the last, before dawn.
Where else “ashmurot” appearsspill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shifchi” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appearsopposite
On the opposite side, facing something.
Where else “nochach” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sei” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kapayi” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appearsyoung child
A small child, an infant. Said of young children, often together with "the nursing child."
Where else “olalayi” appearsgrow faint
To lose all strength.
Where else “atufim” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsstreet
The ways and squares between the houses, where people go about.
Where else “chutsot” appears18Their heart cried out to Adonai. “Wall of the daughter of Zion, shed tears like a torrent day and night; do not grant yourself relief; do not let the pupil of your eye be still.
19 · This verse (above)
20See, YHWH, and look: to whom have you dealt thus? Should women eat their fruit, the children raised with care? Should there be killed in the sanctuary of Adonai priest and prophet?
