Lam. 4:10 in context
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Lamentations 4:10

Women's hands, full of grace (mercy),
have cooked their own children,
they (the children) were their food
when the daughter of my people was destroyed. [Deut. 28:56–57]
[The tenth and smallest Hebrew letter is: י – yod. The sign depicts an arm or a closed hand. Since this letter is a dot, it is the beginning of all other letters and often describes creation. The hand symbolizes strength and power. In this verse, the word "hands" begins with this letter, and here the hands become an image of how desperate the situation has become. Here, one can interpret that these hands should have been tender mother's hands, but are now forced to do something terrible. But Hebrew also allows for an interpretation in which the mothers, in sheer desperation, want to spare their children from an evil future and see it as a more merciful solution to let them die and thus escape misery, rather than everyone facing a certain, slow demise.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

יְדֵי   נָשִׁים   רַחֲמָנִיּוֹת   בִּשְּׁלוּ   יַלְדֵיהֶן   הָיוּ   לְבָרוֹת   לָמוֹ   בְּשֶׁבֶר   בַּת   עַמִּי  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

χεῖρες γυναικῶν οἰκτιρμόνων ἥψησαν τὰ παιδία αὐτῶν ἐγενήθησαν εἰς βρῶσιν αὐταῖς ἐν τῷ συντρίμματι τῆς θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H3027
 יְדֵ֗י (jedei)
 hand
Noun Noun
♂/♀ dual (couple) gen. masculine och feminine dual (2/a couple) Construct state

Ncbdc
H0802
 נָשִׁים֙ (nashim)
 woman
Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 Ncmpa
H7362
 רַחֲמָ֣נִיּ֔וֹת (rachamanivót)
 compassionate
Adj. Adjective
♀ pl. feminine plural Absolute state

 Aafpa
H1310
 בִּשְּׁל֖וּ (bishelo)
 to boil
Verb Verb
piel qatal 3p pl. piel qatal third person plural

Vpp3cp
H3206
H9029
 יַלְדֵי (jaledei)
הֶ֑ן (hen)
 youth
their
Noun Noun
♂ pl. gen. masculine plural Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p ♀ pl. Pronominal third person feminine plural

Ncmpc
Sp3fp
H1961
 הָי֤וּ (hajo)
 to be
Verb Verb
qal qatal 3p pl. qal qatal third person plural

Vqp3cp
H9005
H1262
 לְ (le)
בָרוֹת֙ (varvót)
 to
to eat
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 R
Ncbsa
H9005
H9038
 לָ֔ (la)
מוֹ (mvó)
 to
them
Prep. Preposition

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p ♂ pl. Pronominal third person masculine plural

R
Sp3mp
H9003
H7667
 בְּ (be)
שֶׁ֖בֶר (shever)
 in
breaking
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

R
Ncbsc
H1323
H9014
 בַּת (bat-)
־
daughter
link
Noun Noun
♀ sing. gen. feminine singular Construct state

Ncfsc
H5971a
H9020
H9016
H9018
 עַמִּֽ (ami)
י (j)
׃
ס (s)
 people
my
verseEnd
section
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. 1p ♂/♀ sing. Pronominal first person masculine och feminine singular

Ncbsc
Sp1bs

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