en_tn/lam/03/51.md

translationWords

• en:tw:adversary
• en:tw:cutoff
• en:tw:life
• en:tw:well

translationNotes

• My eye brings severe pain to my life - AT: "What I see causes me much pain" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
• all the daughters of my city - Possible meanings are 1) the women of Jerusalem (see UDB) or 2) all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_idiom)
• they have destroyed my life in a well - AT: "they have killed me by drowning me in a well" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
• have placed a stone over me - Possible meanings are 1) "have covered the well with a stone" (see UDB) or 2) "have thrown stones at me."
• I have been cut off - AT: "I have been killed" or "I am drowning" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_idiom)