תּשׁעה תּשׁע 
Tesha` 
And on the ninth
חדשׁ 
Chodesh 
רעב 
Ra`ab 
the famine
חזק 
Chazaq 
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
in the city
,
לחם 
Lechem 
and there was no bread
עם 
`am 

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain