Strong's Lexicon Those slain חַלְלֵי־ (ḥal·lê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 2491: n m 1) slain, fatally wounded, pierced 1a) pierced, fatally wounded 1b) slain adj 2) (CLBL) profaned 2a) defiled, profaned (by divorce) by the sword חֶ֔רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2719: 1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone are הָיוּ֙ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone better off טוֹבִ֤ים (ṭō·w·ḇîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty than those who die מֵֽחַלְלֵ֖י (mê·ḥal·lê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 2491: n m 1) slain, fatally wounded, pierced 1a) pierced, fatally wounded 1b) slain adj 2) (CLBL) profaned 2a) defiled, profaned (by divorce) of hunger, רָעָ֑ב (rā·‘āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7458: 1) famine, hunger 1a) famine (in land, nation) 1a1) of Jehovah's word (fig) 1b) hunger (of individuals) who שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם (še·hêm) Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who waste away, יָז֙וּבוּ֙ (yā·zū·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2100: 1) to flow, gush, issue, discharge 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to flow, gush 1a2) to die, pine away (fig.) 1a3) to flow (of issue from woman), have an issue, flux 1a4) flowing (participle) pierced with pain מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים (mə·ḏuq·qā·rîm) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1856: 1) to pierce, thrust through, pierce through 1a) (Qal) to pierce, run through 1b) (Niphal) to be pierced through 1c) (Pual) pierced, riddled (participle) because the fields שָׂדָֽי׃ (śā·ḏāy) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7704: 1) field, land 1a) cultivated field 1b) of home of wild beasts 1c) plain (opposed to mountain) 1d) land (opposed to sea) lack produce. מִתְּנוּבֹ֖ת (mit·tə·nū·ḇōṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 8570: 1) fruit, produce Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThose slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce. Young's Literal Translation Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine{.htm" title="{">, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field. Holman Christian Standard Bible Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce. New American Standard Bible Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field. King James Bible [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. Parallel Verses New International Version Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they waste away for lack of food from the field. New Living Translation Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger. Starving, they waste away for lack of food from the fields. English Standard Version Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who wasted away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field. New American Standard Bible Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce. International Standard Version Those who die by the sword are better off than those who die from starvation, who slowly waste away like those pierced through for lack of food from the fields. NET Bible Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food. American Standard Version They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field. English Revised Version 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. Young's Literal Translation Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field. Cross References Exodus 16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Leviticus 26:39 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. 2 Kings 25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. Jeremiah 16:4 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. Ezekiel 24:23 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. Lamentations 1:1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! Lamentations 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. Lamentations 4:7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: Lamentations 4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. Lamentations 4:10 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 4:11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. Jump to Previous Better Burned Caused Death Die Famine Field Flow Food Fruit Fruits Happier Hunger Increase Killed Lack Need Pierced Pine Pined Slain Slowly Stricken Sword Victims Want WasteJump to Next Better Burned Caused Death Die Famine Field Flow Food Fruit Fruits Happier Hunger Increase Killed Lack Need Pierced Pine Pined Slain Slowly Stricken Sword Victims Want WasteLinks Lamentations 4:9 NIVLamentations 4:9 NLT Lamentations 4:9 ESV Lamentations 4:9 NASB Lamentations 4:9 KJV Lamentations 4:9 Bible Apps Lamentations 4:9 Parallel Lamentations 4:9 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 4:9 Chinese Bible Lamentations 4:9 French Bible Lamentations 4:9 German Bible Lamentations 4:9 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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