Lamentations 4:3
Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.This verse in the real world
In what words
- יָעֵןyâʻênthe ostrich (probably from its answering cry
- אַכְזָרʼakzârviolent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) brave
- גּוּרgûwra cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion
- שַׁדshadthe breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
- תַּנִּיןtannîyna marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
- יָנַקyânaqto suck; causatively, to give milk
- חָלַץchâlatsto pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver
- בַּתbatha daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figu
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Luk 23:28–29, Ezk 5:10, Lam 4:10, Lam 2:20, 2Ki 6:26–29, Job 39:13–16, Jer 19:9, Deu 28:52–57