נַפְשִׁי ‫לְבֵית אֵל נִכְסְפָה גַּם כָּלְתָה גַּם בַּחֲלוֹמוֹת לַחֲזוֹתוֹ עָלְתָה

My soul yearned for Bethel, even languished; even in dreams it ascended to behold it.

עָלְתָה – וְלֹא מָצְאָה אֲרוּכָה, כִּי חֲלוֹם לֹא יַחְלִים נֶפֶשׁ בְּהָקִיץ חָלְתָה‫

It ascended—and found no healing, for a dream does not heal a soul that, awake, is sick.

‫חָלְתָה בְּיוֹם לֹא חִלְתָה פָנִים, אֲשֶׁר לוּלֵי יִקְרָם וַהֲדָרָם בָּלְתָה

It fell ill on a day it did not entreat any face; were it not for their preciousness and splendor, it would have perished.

‫בָּלְתָה – לְהִתְחַדֵּשׁ, וְיָגְעָה לַעֲלוֹת כִּי לֹא לְתֹהוּ גָּלְתָה יוֹם גָּלְתָה‫

It wore away—to be renewed—and labored to ascend, for not for naught was it exiled the day it was exiled.

גָּלְתָה – וְדַלְתֵי מַעְיָן פָּתְחָה, וְעוֹד עֵינָהּ אֱלֵי מַיִם עֲמוּקִים תָּלְתָה

It was exiled—and the doors of a spring it opened, and still its gaze was set toward deep waters.

‫תָּלְתָה עֲלֵי יָתֵד וְאִסָּר אָסְרָה בַּל תַּעֲזֹב חָכְמָה, וְאָלָה אָלְתָה

It hung upon a peg and bound a binding: not to forsake wisdom; and it uttered an oath.