Lamentations 4:10
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
עַם
people/ my
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עַם
People, nation, folk. Am. You are My people and I am your God. This mutual belonging is the heart of the covenant.
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יָד
the hands of
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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בַּת
the daughter of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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בָּשַׁל
they have boiled
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בָּשַׁל
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
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יֶלֶד
own children/ their
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יֶלֶד
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
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רַחְמָנִי
compassionate
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רַחְמָנִי
compassionate
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