[3:47] 1 tn The similar sounding nouns פַּחַד וָפַחַת (pakhad vafakhat, “panic and pitfall”) are an example of paronomasia.
[3:47] 2 tn Similar to the paronomasia in the preceding line, the words הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשָּׁבֶר (hashe’t vÿhashaver, “devastation and destruction”) form an example of alliteration: the beginning of the words sound alike.
[3:48] 3 tn Heb “canals.” The phrase “canals of water” (eye water = tears) is an example of hyperbole. The English idiom “streams of tears” is also hyperbolic.
[3:48] 4 tn Heb “my eyes flow down with canals of water.”
[3:48] 5 tn Heb “the daughter of my people,” or “the Daughter, my people.”
[3:48] 6 tn Heb “because of the destruction of [the daughter of my people].”
