Lamentations 4:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טוֹבִ֤ים הָיוּ֙ חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב מֵֽחַלְלֵ֖י רָעָ֑ב שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם יָז֙וּבוּ֙ מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים מִתְּנוּבֹ֖ת שָׂדָֽי׃

Transliteration

Ṭôḇîm were ḥallê-ḥereḇ than ḥallê rāʿāḇ; for they yāzûḇû məḏuqqārîm from tənûḇōṯ śāḏāy

Grammar Details

*ṭôḇîm*: masculine plural adjective - good/better
*hāyû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were
*ḥallê*: masculine plural construct - slain of
*ḥereḇ*: feminine singular noun - sword
*mē-ḥallê*: preposition comparative + masculine plural construct - than slain of
*rāʿāḇ*: masculine singular noun - hunger/famine
*še-hēm*: relative particle + 3rd masculine plural pronoun - for they
*yāzûḇû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they flow out
*məḏuqqārîm*: masculine plural Pual participle - pierced/stabbed
*mi-tənûḇōṯ*: preposition + feminine plural construct - from produce of
*śāḏāy*: masculine singular noun - field

Word Meanings

*ṭôḇîm*: better/more fortunate/happier
*ḥallê*: slain ones/pierced ones/wounded ones
*yāzûḇû*: flow out/waste away/pine away
*məḏuqqārîm*: pierced/stabbed/thrust through
*tənûḇōṯ*: produce/yield/fruits
*śāḏāy*: field/land/countryside

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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:39 : 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
Ezek 24:23 : 23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
Ezek 33:10 : 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
Jer 16:4 : 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

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