Targum for Lamentations 2:12
לְאִמֹּתָם֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ אַיֵּ֖ה דָּגָ֣ן וָיָ֑יִן בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם כֶּֽחָלָל֙ בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת עִ֔יר בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשָׁ֔ם אֶל־חֵ֖יק אִמֹּתָֽם׃ (ס)
They say to their mothers: ‘Where is corn and wine?’ When they swoon as the wounded In the broad places of the city, When their soul is poured out Into their mothers’bosom.
Aramaic Targum to Lamentations
The young men of Israel ask their mother, “Where is the bread and wine?” as they thirst in the same way as one wounded by the sword suffers from thirst in the open places of the cities, as their life is poured out from hunger into their mother’s bosom.
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