“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 4:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Lamentations 4:911 words
HebrewMeaning
טוֹבִ֤יםṭwōbiym
goodadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
הָיוּ֙hāyw
they areverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
חַלְלֵיḥaləlēy
those slain ofadjH2491
profane · slain · slew · wounded
חֶ֔רֶבḥereb
a swordnounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
מֵֽ/חַלְלֵ֖יmēḥaləlēy
more than those slain ofpronH2491
profane · slain · slew · wounded
רָעָ֑בrāʿāb
hungernounH7458
famine · famished · hunger
שֶׁ֣/הֵ֤םšehēm
who theyparticleH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
יָז֨וּבוּ֙yāzwbw
they flow awayverbH2100
gush out · have a issue · pine away · run
מְדֻקָּרִ֔יםməduqāriym
pierced throughverbH1856
strike through · wound
מִ/תְּנוּבֹ֖תmitənwbōt
from the produce ofpronH8570
increase
שָׂדָֽיśādāy
the fieldnounH7704
field · ground · land · soil ···
ℹWords 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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