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The handsיְדֵיof compassionateרַחֲמָנִיּוֹתwomenנָשִׁיםhave boiledבִּשְּׁלוּtheir own children;יַלְדֵיהֶןthey becameהָיוּfoodלְבָרוֹתfor themלָמוֹin the shatteringבְּשֶׁבֶרof the daughterבַּתof my people.עַמִּי
Lamentations 4:10
Study it in the app“The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became food for them in the shattering of the daughter of my people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:10, word by word
- The handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- of compassionateרַחֲמָנִיּוֹתrachamaniyot
compassionate
"Rachmani": compassionate, tender-hearted (from the same root as "mercy").
Where else “rachamaniyot” appears- womenנָשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- have boiledבִּשְּׁלוּbishlu
boil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “bishlu” appears- their own childrenיַלְדֵיyalde
son
A son or daughter of someone; his direct offspring.
Where else “yalde” appears- they becameהָיוּhayu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayu” appears- foodבָרוֹתvarot
choose, eat
Choose, select. (The same root can also mean "eat".)
Where else “varot” appears- in the shatteringשֶׁבֶרshever
ruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shever” appears- of the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appears
The context
9Better off were those slain by the sword than those slain by hunger, for they waste away, pierced through for want of the produce of the field.
10 · This verse (above)
11YHWH has spent his fury; he has poured out his burning anger; and he has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured her foundations.