Lamentations 4:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

Young's Literal Translation
Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine{.htm" title="{">, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.

King James Bible
[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.

Hebrew
Those slain
חַלְלֵי־ (ḥal·lê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted

by the sword
חֶ֔רֶב (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

are
הָיוּ֙ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

better off
טוֹבִ֤ים (ṭō·w·ḇîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

than those who die
מֵֽחַלְלֵ֖י (mê·ḥal·lê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted

of hunger,
רָעָ֑ב (rā·‘āḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger

who
שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם (še·hêm)
Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

waste away,
יָז֙וּבוּ֙ (yā·zū·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2100: To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow

pierced with pain
מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים (mə·ḏuq·qā·rîm)
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1856: To stab, to starve, to revile

because the fields
שָׂדָֽי׃ (śā·ḏāy)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7704: Field, land

lack produce.
מִתְּנוּבֹ֖ת (mit·tə·nū·ḇōṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 8570: Fruit, produce

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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