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Even jackalsגַּם תַּנִּיםofferחָלְצוּthe breast;שַׁדthey nurseהֵינִיקוּtheir cubs;גּוּרֵיהֶןthe daughterבַּתof my peopleעַמִּיhas turned cruel,לְאַכְזָרlike the ostrichesכַּיְעֵנִיםin the wilderness.בַּמִּדְבָּר
Lamentations 4:3
Study it in the app“Even jackals offer the breast; they nurse their cubs; the daughter of my people has turned cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:3, word by word
- Even jackalsתַּנִּיםtanim
jackal
Jackal, an animal that prowls ruins and deserted places. In Malachi 1:3 Esau's inheritance is left to the jackals.
Where else “tanim” appears- offerחָלְצוּchaltsu
pull off
To take something off, like a sandal.
Where else “chaltsu” appears- the breastשַׁדshad
breasts
Breasts (of a nursing mother).
Where else “shad” appears- they nurseהֵינִיקוּheniku
nurse
To give a baby the breast, the mother or the woman who nurses him.
Where else “heniku” appears- their cubsגּוּרֵיgure
lion cub
Lion's cub.
Where else “gure” appears- 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- has turned cruelאַכְזָרachzar
cruel
Cruel, without mercy.
Where else “achzar” appears- like the ostrichesיְעֵנִיםyeenim
ostrich
Ostrich. It appears in the form read aloud (qere) in Lamentations 4:3; the written text has another form of the same word.
Where else “yeenim” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
2The sons of Zion, the precious ones, who were valued in refined gold, how they are reckoned as jars of clay, the work of the hands of a potter!
3 · This verse (above)
4The tongue of the nursing infant clings to its palate from thirst; little children ask for bread; there is no one to break it for them.