Lamentations 4:3
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
תַּנִּין
tannîyn
a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
חָזֶה
châzeh
the breast (as most seen in front)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָנַק
yânaq
to suck; causatively, to give milk
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 ...
טַף
ṭaph
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
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
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
קָשֶׁה
qâsheh
severe (in various applications)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
יָעֵן
yâʻên
the ostrich (probably from its answering cry
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Key Terms in This Verse
הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →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 →מִדְבָּר midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Study H4057 →Cross References
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...
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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 ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
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...
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.
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
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