Lamentations 4:10 Go deeper
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The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. (KJV)
Hebrew words tap a word
יְדֵ֗יye.Dei[the] hands of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 1
נָשִׁים֙na.Shimwomen
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: woman
Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 2
רַחֲמָ֣נִיּ֔וֹתra.cha.Ma.ni.Yotcompassionate
Lemma: רַחֲמָנִי (rach.ma.ni) · Strong's: H7362
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAafpa)
Meaning: compassionate
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7362; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 3
בִּשְּׁל֖וּbi.she.Luthey have boiled
Lemma: בָּשַׁל (ba.shal) · Strong's: H1310
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to boil
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 40:10, Exodus 12:9, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 23:19, Exodus 29:31, Exodus 34:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1310; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 4
יַלְדֵיהֶ֑ןyal.dei.Henown children their
Lemma: יֶ֫לֶד (ye.led) · Strong's: H3206
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: youth
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 4:23, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:15, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 30:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3206; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 5
הָי֤וּha.Yuthey have been
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 6
לְבָרוֹת֙le.va.rOtfor eating
Lemma: בָּרָה (ba.rah) · Strong's: H1262
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: to eat
Used 6 times. Also: 1 Samuel 17:8, 2 Samuel 3:35, 2 Samuel 13:5, 2 Samuel 13:6, 2 Samuel 13:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1262; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 7
בְּשֶׁ֖בֶרbe.She.verin [the] brokenness of
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בֶר (she.ver) · Strong's: H7667
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: breaking
Used 45 times. Also: Leviticus 21:19, Leviticus 22:22, Leviticus 24:20, Judges 7:15, Job 41:25, Psalms 60:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7667; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 8
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 9
עַמִּֽי\׃\ \ס'a.Mipeople my
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Lamentations 4:10 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The hands | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| of compassionate | → | רַחֲמָנִי H7362 compassionate |
| women | → | אִשָּׁה H0802G woman |
| have cooked | → | בָּשַׁל H1310 to boil |
| their own children | → | יֶ֫לֶד H3206 youth |
| who became | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| their food | → | בָּרָה H1262 to eat |
| in the destruction | → | שֶׁ֫בֶר H7667 breaking |
| of the daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| of my people | → | עַם H5971A people |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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