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At the risk ofבְּour lifeנַפְשֵׁנוּwe bring inנָבִיאour breadלַחְמֵנוּbecause ofמִפְּנֵיthe swordחֶרֶבof the wilderness.הַמִּדְבָּר
Lamentations 5:9
Study it in the app“At the risk of our life we bring in our bread because of the sword of the wilderness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 5:9, word by word
- our lifeנַפְשֵׁnafshe
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appears- we bring inנָבִיאnavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “navi” appears- our breadלַחְמֵlachme
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachme” appears- because ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- of the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
The context
8Servants rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their hand.
9 · This verse (above)
10Our skin like an oven glows because of the burning heats of hunger.