Lamentations

Lamentations 4:9

⁹Those slain by the sword are better off

than those who die of hunger,

who waste away, pierced with pain

because the fields lack produce.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Those slain	חַלְלֵי־	ḥal·lê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H2491 pierced
by the sword	חֶ֔רֶב	ḥe·reḇ	Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword
are	הָיוּ֙	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
better off	טוֹבִ֤ים	ṭō·w·ḇîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
than those who die	מֵֽחַלְלֵ֖י	mê·ḥal·lê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H2491 pierced
of hunger	רָעָ֑ב	rā·‘āḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
who	שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם	še·hêm	Pronoun - relative; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
waste away	יָז֙וּבוּ֙	yā·zū·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2100 flow, gush
pierced with pain	מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים	mə·ḏuq·qā·rîm	Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural	H1856 pierce, pierce through
because the fields	שָׂדָֽי׃ס	śā·ḏāy	Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
lack produce	מִתְּנוּבֹ֖ת	mit·tə·nū·ḇōṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct	H8570 fruit, produce

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.