Editing Book of Lamentations (section)

==={{Transliteration|he|Qinah}}===
The book's first four chapters have a well-defined ''[[Qinah (metre)|qinah]]'' rhythm of three stresses followed by two, although the fifth chapter lacks this.{{sfn|Joyce|2013}} Dobbs-Allsopp describes this meter as "the rhythmic dominance of unbalanced and enjambed lines".{{sfn|Dobbs-Allsopp|2002|p=22}} Again, few English translations attempt to capture this.  Exceptions include [[Robert Alter]]'s ''[[Hebrew Bible (Alter)|Hebrew Bible]]''<ref name="w594">{{cite book | last=Alter | first=Robert | title=The Hebrew Bible | publisher=National Geographic Books | publication-place=New York London | date=2019-01-08 | isbn=0-393-29249-5 | page=}}</ref> and the ''[[New American Bible Revised Edition]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usccb.org/bible/lamentations/0 |title=The Book of Lamentations |publisher=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |language=en |access-date=9 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118185054/https://bible.usccb.org/bible/lamentations/0 | archive-date=2023-11-18}}</ref>