Lam 4:10 | NET2full | STEP | The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children , who became their food , when my people were destroyed .

‏ Lamentations 4:10

י (Yod)

10 The hands of tenderhearted women ^{▼▼tn Heb “the hands of compassionate women.”}
cooked their own children,
who became their food, ^{▼▼tn Heb “eating.” The infinitive construct (from I בָּרָה, barah) is translated as a noun. Three passages employ the verb (2 Sam 3:35; 12:17; 13:5, 6, 10) for eating when one is ill or in mourning.}
when my people ^{▼▼tn Heb “the daughter of my people.”} were destroyed. ^{▼▼tn Heb “in the destruction of the daughter of my people.”}