בַּת־עַמִּ֤י חִגְרִי־שָׂק֙ וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י בָאֵ֔פֶר אֵ֤בֶל יָחִיד֙ עֲשִׂ֣י לָ֔ךְ מִסְפַּ֖ד תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים כִּ֣י פִתְאֹ֔ם יָבֹ֥א הַשֹּׁדֵ֖ד עָלֵֽינוּ׃
Hai putri bangsaku, kenakanlah kain kabung dan bergulinglah dalam abu! Adakanlah perkabungan seperti untuk anak tunggal, ratapan yang sangat pahit, sebab dengan tiba-tiba si perusak akan datang menyerang kita.
Rashi
a mourning [as] for an only child A mourning for an only son; one who has only one son and he dies.
Rashi
a bitter lamentation Heb. מספד תמרורים. Since it is the construct state, it is vowelized מספד with a ‘pattah,’ and it is not vowelized מספד with a ‘tzere.’