Lamentations 4:10

Hebrew	יְדֵ֗י נָשִׁים֙ רַחֲמָ֣נִיּ֔וֹת בִּשְּׁל֖וּ יַלְדֵיהֶ֑ן הָי֤וּplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 לְבָרוֹת֙ לָ֔מוֹ בְּשֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת עַמִּֽי
ESV	The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
NIV	With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed.
NLT	Tenderhearted women have cooked their own children. They have eaten them to survive the siege.
LXX	χεῖρες γυναικῶν οἰκτιρμόνων ἥψησαν τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article παιδία αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἐγενήθησαν εἰς βρῶσιν αὐταῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article συντρίμματι τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου
KJV	The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

^{Lamentations 4:9 ← Lamentations 4:10 → Lamentations 4:11}

Return to: Home Page → Christianity → Bible → Old Testament → Lamentations → Lamentations 4