Verse 5. :{ ~HEBREW LETTER TAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER RESH~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER ALEF~} { ~HEBREW LETTER ALEF~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER QOF~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER LAMED~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER FINAL NUN~} { ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER TAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER RESH~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER ALEF~} { ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER AYIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER HE~} { ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER TAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER HET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER LAMED~} { ~HEBREW LETTER MEM~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER ALEF~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER DALET~} { ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER AYIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER QOF~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER RESH~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER FINAL NUN~} { ~HEBREW LETTER KAF~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~} { ~HEBREW LETTER HE~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER BET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~} { ~HEBREW LETTER MEM~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER BET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER TET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER HE~}
_Ashkalon shall see and fear, Gaza also, and she shall be very sorrowful, and Ekron for her expectation shall be ashamed._
{ ~HEBREW LETTER HE~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER BET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~} (or { ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER BET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER HE~}) may be derived either from { ~HEBREW LETTER BET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~} (or { ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER BET~}) _to be ashamed_, or from { ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER BET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~} (or { ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER BET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}) _to dry up_, and whither as a plant for want of moisture. The latter seems preferable here, but it is not very material to the sense.
Verse 6. :{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER BET~} { ~HEBREW LETTER MEM~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER MEM~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER ZAYIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER RESH~} { ~HEBREW LETTER BET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER ALEF~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER DALET~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER DALET~} { ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER HE~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER KAF~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER RESH~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER TAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~} { ~HEBREW LETTER GIMEL~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER ALEF~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER VAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER FINAL NUN~} { ~HEBREW LETTER PE~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER LAMED~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER SHIN~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER TAV~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER YOD~}{ ~HEBREW LETTER FINAL MEM~}