InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Lam C1 C2 C3 C5
Lam 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
OET-LV Good those_slain_of a_sword they_are more_than_those_slain_of hunger who_they they_flow_away pierced_through from_the_fruits_of the_field.
OET (OET-RV) Those slain by the sword were happier than those who died from hunger—
⇔ those who slowly wasted away as if they were pierced through by the lack of produce from the countryside.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב
slain_of sword
Here, the slain of the sword represents those who died in battle. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [those who died by the sword in battle]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם יָז֨וּבוּ֙ מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים מִתְּנוּבֹ֖ת שָׂדָֽי
(Some words not found in UHB: happier they_were slain_of sword more,than_[those]_slain_of hunger who,they waste_away pierced from_[the],fruits_of field )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [because there was no food from the fields, they wasted away, pierced by hunger]
OET-LV Good those_slain_of a_sword they_are more_than_those_slain_of hunger who_they they_flow_away pierced_through from_the_fruits_of the_field.
OET (OET-RV) Those slain by the sword were happier than those who died from hunger—
⇔ those who slowly wasted away as if they were pierced through by the lack of produce from the countryside.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.