Lamentations

Lamentations 4:10

¹⁰The hands of compassionate women

have cooked their own children,

who became their food

in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The hands	יְדֵ֗י	yə·ḏê	Noun - feminine dual construct	H3027 hand
of compassionate	רַחֲמָ֣נִיּ֔וֹת	ra·ḥă·mā·nî·yō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H7362 id.
women	נָשִׁים֙	nā·šîm	Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
have cooked	בִּשְּׁל֖וּ	biš·šə·lū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H1310 boil, seethe
their own children	יַלְדֵיהֶ֑ן	yal·ḏê·hen	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine plural	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
who became	הָי֤וּ	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
their food	לְבָרוֹת֙	lə·ḇā·rō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1262 eat
in the destruction	בְּשֶׁ֖בֶר	bə·še·ḇer	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7667 breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash
of the daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of my people	עַמִּֽי׃ס	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people

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