Lamentations 4:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.

Young's Literal Translation
Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.

King James Bible
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people [is become] cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Hebrew
Even
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

jackals
תַּנִּים֙ (tan·nîm)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 8568: A female jackal

offer
חָ֣לְצוּ (ḥā·lə·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2502: To pull off, to strip, to depart, to deliver, equip, present, strengthen

their breasts
שַׁ֔ד (šaḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7699: The breast of a, woman, animal

to nurse
הֵינִ֖יקוּ (hê·nî·qū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3243: To suck, to give milk

their young,
גּוּרֵיהֶ֑ן (gū·rê·hen)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's 1482: A cub, of the lion

[but] the daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of my people
עַמִּ֣י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

has become cruel,
לְאַכְזָ֔ר (lə·’aḵ·zār)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 393: Violent, deadly, brave

like an ostrich
כי (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3283: The ostrich

in the wilderness.
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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