Lamentations 4:10
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
בָּשַׁל
bâshal
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּשַׁל bâshal
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
Study H1310 →שֶׁבֶר sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Study H7667 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and th...
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the win...
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
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