KJV: They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
YLT: Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.
Darby: The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
ASV: They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
| טוֹבִ֤ים | Better off |
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Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: טָבַב Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable. |
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| חַלְלֵי־ | [Those] slain |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: חָלָל Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced. |
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| חֶ֔רֶב | by the sword |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: חֶרֶב Sense: sword, knife. |
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| מֵֽחַלְלֵ֖י | Than [those] who die |
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Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: חָלָל Sense: slain, fatally wounded, pierced. |
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| רָעָ֑ב | of hunger |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: רָעָב Sense: famine, hunger. |
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| שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם | for those |
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Parse: Pronoun, relative, Pronoun, third person masculine plural Root: הֵם Sense: they, these, the same, who. |
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| יָז֙וּבוּ֙ | pine away |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: זוּב Sense: to flow, gush, issue, discharge. |
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| מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים | Stricken |
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Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine plural Root: דָּקַר Sense: to pierce, thrust through, pierce through. |
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| מִתְּנוּבֹ֖ת | [for [lack] of the fruits |
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Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct Root: תְּנוּבָה Sense: fruit, produce. |
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| שָׂדָֽי | of the field |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׂדֶה Sense: field, land. |
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| ס | - |
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Parse: Punctuation |
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