3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Lamentations 4:3:1 ⧉גַּם־תניןgamtanineven jackals or sea-monsters Lamentations 4:3:2 ⧉תַּנִּים֙tanimjackals Lamentations 4:3:3 ⧉חָ֣לְצוּkhaltsuthey draw out Lamentations 4:3:4 ⧉שַׁ֔דshadbreast Lamentations 4:3:5 ⧉הֵינִ֖יקוּheinikuthey nurse Lamentations 4:3:6 ⧉גּוּרֵיהֶ֑ןgurehehntheir young Lamentations 4:3:7 ⧉בַּת־עַמִּ֣יbatamithe daughter of my people Lamentations 4:3:8 ⧉לְאַכְזָ֔רleakhzarto be cruel or for cruel Lamentations 4:3:9 ⧉כיkifor or because Lamentations 4:3:10 ⧉עניםnimostriches Lamentations 4:3:11 ⧉כַּיְעֵנִ֖יםkayenimlike ostriches Lamentations 4:3:12 ⧉בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃סbamidbarin the wilderness |
3. Formal Translation Even jackals draw out the breast and nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness. |
3. Dynamic Translation Even jackals nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has grown callous, like ostriches in the desert. |