Lam 4:4 | NET2full | STEP | The infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst ; little children beg for bread , but no one gives them even a morsel.

‏ Lamentations 4:4

ד (Dalet)

4 The infant’s tongue sticks
to the roof of its mouth due to thirst;
little children beg for bread, ^{▼▼tn Heb “bread.” The term “bread” might function as a synecdoche of specific (= bread) for general (= food); however, the following parallel line does indeed focus on the act of breaking bread in two.}
but no one gives them even a morsel. ^{▼▼tn Heb “there is not a divider to them.” The term “divider” refers to the action of breaking bread in two before giving it to a person to eat (Isa 58:7; Jer 16:7; Lam 4:4).}