They that be slain
chalal (khaw-lawl')
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted -- kill, profane, slain (man), slew, (deadly) wounded.
with the sword
chereb (kheh'-reb)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement -- axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
are better
towb (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
than they that be slain
chalal (khaw-lawl')
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted -- kill, profane, slain (man), slew, (deadly) wounded.
with hunger
ra`ab (raw-awb')
hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
for these
hem (haym)
they (only used when emphatic) -- it, like, (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, so, such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
pine away
zuwb (zoob)
to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow -- flow, gush out, have a (running) issue, pine away, run.
stricken
daqar (daw-kar')
to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile -- pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.
through for want of the fruits
tnuwbah (ten-oo-baw')
produce -- fruit, increase.
of the field
sadeh (saw-deh')
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat) -- country, field, ground, land, soil, wild.
