10. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Lamentations 4:10:1 ⧉יְדֵ֗יyedehands of Lamentations 4:10:2 ⧉נָשִׁים֙nashimwomen Lamentations 4:10:3 ⧉רַחֲמָ֣נִיּ֔וֹתrakhamaniyotcompassionate Lamentations 4:10:4 ⧉בִּשְּׁל֖וּbishsheluthey boiled Lamentations 4:10:5 ⧉יַלְדֵיהֶ֑ןyaldehehentheir children Lamentations 4:10:6 ⧉הָי֤וּhayuthey became Lamentations 4:10:7 ⧉לְבָרוֹת֙levarotas food or as nourishment Lamentations 4:10:8 ⧉לָ֔מוֹlamofor them Lamentations 4:10:9 ⧉בְּשֶׁ֖בֶרbesheverduring the breaking or the destruction Lamentations 4:10:10 ⧉בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃סbatamidaughter of my people |
10. Formal Translation The hands of merciful women boiled their children; the children became food for them during the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
10. Dynamic Translation Compassionate women, with their own hands, cooked their children; the children became their food in the terrible collapse of my people’s daughter. |