Isaiah 9:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

Young's Literal Translation
And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour.

King James Bible
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

Hebrew
They carve out
וַיִּגְזֹ֤ר (way·yiḡ·zōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1504: To cut down, off, to destroy, divide, exclude, decide

what is on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the right,
יָמִין֙ (yā·mîn)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south

but they are still hungry;
וְרָעֵ֔ב (wə·rā·‘êḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7456: To be hungry

they have eaten
וַיֹּ֥אכַל (way·yō·ḵal)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

what is on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the left,
שְׂמֹ֖אול (śə·mō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8040: Dark, the north, the left hand

but they are still not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

satisfied.
שָׂבֵ֑עוּ (śā·ḇê·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

Each one
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

devours
יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ (yō·ḵê·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

the flesh
בְּשַׂר־ (bə·śar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

of his own arm.
זְרֹע֖וֹ (zə·rō·‘ōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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