Hebrew Word Studies (10 words)
26+ often (masculineExodus 17:12see Di; onיִרְמּוּ יָדַיִם2 Samuel 4:1;Zephaniah 3:16; 2Chronicles 15:7;Nehemiah 6:9, see Ges§ 145, 7 a, R. 1)hand(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיְדָא,; ZinjirliידDHMSendsch.G 26+ often (masculineExodus 17:12see Di; onיִרְמּוּ יָדַיִם2 Samuel 4:1;Zephaniah 3:16; 2Chronicles 15:7;Nehemiah 6:9, see Ges§ 145, 7 a, R. 1)hand(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיְדָא,; ZinjirliידDHMSendsch.G
- power (semantic_range)
33+; constructאֵשֶׁתGenesis 11:29+ (apparently absoluteDeuteronomy 21:11;1 Samuel 28:7;Psalm 58:9but compare Bö§ 728Ges§ 130. 5); suffixאִשְׁתִּיGenesis 20:11+;אִשְׁתְּךָGenesis 12:18+ (אֶשְׁתְּךָPsal 33+; constructאֵשֶׁתGenesis 11:29+ (apparently absoluteDeuteronomy 21:11;1 Samuel 28:7;Psalm 58:9but compare Bö§ 728Ges§ 130. 5); suffixאִשְׁתִּיGenesis 20:11+;אִשְׁתְּךָGenesis 12:18+ (אֶשְׁתְּךָPsal
- an offering made by fire (semantic_range)
10compassionate women.Topical LexiconOverview of the TermRachmani describes a person who is tender-hearted, compassionate, or merciful. In Scripture the word appears only once, yet it carries a profou 10compassionate women.Topical LexiconOverview of the TermRachmani describes a person who is tender-hearted, compassionate, or merciful. In Scripture the word appears only once, yet it carries a profou
13,בָּֽשְׁלוּEzekiel 24:5; —boil, cook(intransitive)Ezekiel 24:5;grow ripe(ofקציר) Joel 4:13; —Pi`elPerfect3masculine singular suffixבִּשְּׁלָם1 Kings 19:21;וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֫Exodus 29:31;Deuteronomy 16:7 13,בָּֽשְׁלוּEzekiel 24:5; —boil, cook(intransitive)Ezekiel 24:5;grow ripe(ofקציר) Joel 4:13; —Pi`elPerfect3masculine singular suffixבִּשְּׁלָם1 Kings 19:21;וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֫Exodus 29:31;Deuteronomy 16:7
- cooked (semantic_range)
- boiled (semantic_range)
8child, son, boy, youth; —יֶּ֫לֶדabsoluteGenesis 4:23+; constructJeremiah 31:20;יָ֫לֶדGenesis 21:16+; pluralיְלָדִיםGenesis 33:1+; constructיַלְדֵיExodus 2:62t.;יִלְדֵיֿIsaiah 57:4; suffixיְלָדַיGenes 8child, son, boy, youth; —יֶּ֫לֶדabsoluteGenesis 4:23+; constructJeremiah 31:20;יָ֫לֶדGenesis 21:16+; pluralיְלָדִיםGenesis 33:1+; constructיַלְדֵיExodus 2:62t.;יִלְדֵיֿIsaiah 57:4; suffixיְלָדַיGenes
1+;וְהָיָהconsecutiveGenesis 4:14+; 3 feminine singularהָֽיְתָהGenesis 1:2+;הָיָ֑תָהIsaiah 14:243t.;וְהָֽיְתָהconsecutiveGenesis 9:13+;והית2Kings 9:37 Kt (Qrוְהָֽיְתָה); 2 masculine singularהָיִיתָDeu 1+;וְהָיָהconsecutiveGenesis 4:14+; 3 feminine singularהָֽיְתָהGenesis 1:2+;הָיָ֑תָהIsaiah 14:243t.;וְהָֽיְתָהconsecutiveGenesis 9:13+;והית2Kings 9:37 Kt (Qrוְהָֽיְתָה); 2 masculine singularהָיִיתָDeu
- fall out (semantic_range)
- come to pass (semantic_range)
- become (semantic_range)
- be (semantic_range)
- Fall out (semantic_range)
17;Imperfectאֶבְרֶה2 Samuel 13:6,10eat bread(בְּרוּלְֿכֶם1 Samuel 17:8scribal error forבחרולכם1 Kings 18:25DrSm 107).Pi`elInfinitiveלְבָרוֺתLamentations 4:10for devouring.Hiph`ilImperfectתַּבְרֵנִי2 S 17;Imperfectאֶבְרֶה2 Samuel 13:6,10eat bread(בְּרוּלְֿכֶם1 Samuel 17:8scribal error forבחרולכם1 Kings 18:25DrSm 107).Pi`elInfinitiveלְבָרוֺתLamentations 4:10for devouring.Hiph`ilImperfectתַּבְרֵנִי2 S
- bind (semantic_range)
- fetter (semantic_range)
- treaty, covenant (semantic_range)
5breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash; — absoluteשֶׁבֶרIsaiah 51:19+,שָׁ֑בֶרLamentations 3:47;Proverbs 17:19, constructשֶׁבֶרIsaiah 1:28+,שֵׁבֶרAmos 6:6+; suffixשִׁבְרִיJeremiah 10:19, etc.; pl 5breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash; — absoluteשֶׁבֶרIsaiah 51:19+,שָׁ֑בֶרLamentations 3:47;Proverbs 17:19, constructשֶׁבֶרIsaiah 1:28+,שֵׁבֶרAmos 6:6+; suffixשִׁבְרִיJeremiah 10:19, etc.; pl
- buy grain (semantic_range)
- buy grain (semantic_range)
- sell grain (semantic_range)
16+; constructGenesis 11:29+; suffixבִּתִּיDeuteronomy 22:16+;בִּתְּךָGenesis 29:18+;בִּתֵּנוּGenesis 34:17etc.; pluralבָּנוֺתGenesis 5:4+; constructבְּנוֺתGenesis 6:2+; suffixבְּנֹתַיGenesis 31:26+;ב 16+; constructGenesis 11:29+; suffixבִּתִּיDeuteronomy 22:16+;בִּתְּךָGenesis 29:18+;בִּתֵּנוּGenesis 34:17etc.; pluralבָּנוֺתGenesis 5:4+; constructבְּנוֺתGenesis 6:2+; suffixבְּנֹתַיGenesis 31:26+;ב
- bath (semantic_range)
Fromamam; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.see HEBREWamamBrow Fromamam; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.see HEBREWamamBrow
- with (semantic_range)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children,.... Such as were naturally, and agreeably to their sex, pitiful and compassionate; merciful to the poor, as the Targum; and especially tenderhearted to their own offspring; yet, by reason of the soreness of the famine, became so cruel
and hardhearted, as to take their own children, and slay them with their own hands, cut them to pieces, put them into a pot of water, and make a fire and boil them, and then eat them, as follows: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people: at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem. This strange and unnatural action was foretold by Moses, Deu 28:56 ; and though we have no particular instance of it on record, as done at the siege of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, yet no doubt there was, as may be concluded from the words: and at the siege of it by the Romans, when many things here spoken of had a fuller accomplishment, we have a remarkable instance of it, which Josephus (a) relates; an illustrious woman, named Mary, pressed with the famine, slew her own son, a sucking child, boiled him, and ate part of him, and laid up the rest; which was found by the seditious party that broke into her house, which struck them with the utmost horror; See Gill on Lam 2:20 . (a) De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 3. sect. 4.