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Lamentations 4:9 — King James Version← Study notes

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.


Lamentations 4:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 4:911 words
HebrewMeaning
טוֹבִ֤יםṭwōbiym
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
הָיוּ֙hāyw
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
חַלְלֵיḥaləlēy
killadjH2491
profane · slain · slew · wounded
חֶ֔רֶבḥereb
axenounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
מֵֽ/חַלְלֵ֖יmēḥaləlēy
killpronH2491
profane · slain · slew · wounded
רָעָ֑בrāʿāb
dearthnounH7458
famine · famished · hunger
שֶׁ֣/הֵ֤םšehēm
itparticleH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
יָז֨וּבוּ֙yāzwbw
flowverbH2100
gush out · have a issue · pine away · run
מְדֻקָּרִ֔יםməduqāriym
pierceverbH1856
strike through · wound
מִ/תְּנוּבֹ֖תmitənwbōt
fruitpronH8570
increase
שָׂדָֽיśādāy
countrynounH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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