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Better offטוֹבִיםwereהָיוּthose slainחַלְלֵיby the swordחֶרֶבthan those slainמֵחַלְלֵיby hunger,רָעָבfor theyשֶׁהֵםwaste away,יָזוּבוּpierced throughמְדֻקָּרִיםfor want ofמִthe produceתְּנוּבֹתof the field.שָׂדָי
Lamentations 4:9
Study it in the app“Better 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 4:9, word by word
- Better offטוֹבִיםtovim
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tovim” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- those slainחַלְלֵיchalle
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “challe” appears- by the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- by hungerרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- waste awayיָזוּבוּyazuvu
flow
For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.
Where else “yazuvu” appears- pierced throughמְדֻקָּרִיםmedukarim
pierce, thrust through
Pierce: wound by driving in a spear or a sword.
Where else “medukarim” appears- the produceתְּנוּבֹתtenuvot
produce
Produce, what the field yields.
Where else “tenuvot” appears- of the fieldשָׂדָיsaday
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “saday” appears
The context
8Darker than soot has their appearance become; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has dried up, it has become like wood.
9 · This verse (above)
10The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became food for them in the shattering of the daughter of my people.