Ratapan 3:47

3:47 Panic and pitfall ¹  have come upon us,

devastation and destruction. ² 

Ratapan 3:6

3:6 He has made me reside in deepest darkness ³ 

like those who died long ago.

[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.

[3:6]  ³ tn The plural form of the noun מַחֲשַׁכִּים (makhashakkim, “darknesses”) is an example of the plural of intensity (see IBHS 122 §7.4.3a).