Lamentations 4:3
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 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. | Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness. | Even the jackals 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. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also | גַּם־ | gam- | H1571 | alsoגַּם (gam) 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike |
| jackals | תַּנִּים֙ | ta-nin | H8577A | dragonתַּנָּה (tan.nah) 1) habitations, jackals, (TWOT) dragon, (TWOT) sea monster 1a) meaning uncertain |
| they draw out | חָ֣לְצוּ | CHAL-tzu | H2502A | to rescueחָלַץ (cha.lats) 1) to draw off or out, withdraw 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw, draw off 1a2) to withdraw 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be delivered 1b2) to be saved 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to pull out, tear out 1c2) to rescue, deliver, set free 1c3) to take away, plunder |
| a breast | שַׁ֔ד | Shad | H7699A | breastשַׁד (shad) 1) breast, bosom, (female) breast 1a) breast (of woman) 1b) breast (of animal) 1c) breast (of both human and animal) Also means: shod (שֹׁד "breast" H7699B) |
| they suckle | הֵינִ֖יקוּ | hei-NI-ku | H3243H | to suckleיָנַק (ya.naq) 1) to suckle, nurse, suck 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to suck 1a2) suckling, babe (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to give suck to, nurse 1b2) nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle) |
| young their | גּוּרֵיהֶ֑ן | gu-rei-HEN | H1482 | whelpגּוּר (gur) cub, whelp, young |
| [the] daughter of | בַּת־ | bat- | H1323G | daughterבַּת (bat) : daughter 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character Also means: bat (בַּת ": village" H1323H) |
| people my | עַמִּ֣י | 'a-MI | H5971A | peopleעַם (am) : people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men |
| [has become] into cruel | לְאַכְזָ֔ר | le-'akh-ZAR | H0393 | cruelאַכְזָר (akh.zar) cruel, fierce |
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| like the ostriches | כַּיְעֵנִ֖ים | ka-e-nim | H3283 | ostrichיָעֵן (ya.en) 1) ostrich 1a) ceremonially unclean animal |
| in the wilderness | בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ ס | ba-mid-BAR | H4057B | wildernessמִדְבָּר (mid.bar) 1) wilderness 1a) pasture 1b) uninhabited land, wilderness 1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities) 1d) wilderness (fig.) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.