וּקְשָׁתֹ֖ות נְעָרִ֣ים תְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָה וּפְרִי־בֶ֨טֶן֙ לֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔מוּ עַל־בָּנִ֖ים לֹֽא־תָח֥וּס עֵינָֽם׃
And the bows of the youths shall dash them to pieces, they will not have compassion on the fruit of the womb, their eye shall not spare children.
Morphology
- וּקְשָׁתֹות (u-qeshatot) – Root: קשת (qeshet); Form: Conjunction + noun feminine plural; Translation: “and bows”; Notes: Instruments of warfare, representing military aggression.
- נְעָרִים (neʿarim) – Root: נער (naʿar); Form: Noun masculine plural; Translation: “of youths”; Notes: Young warriors wielding violence.
- תְּרַטַּשְׁנָה (teratta-shnah) – Root: רטש (ratash); Form: Piel imperfect 3rd person feminine plural; Translation: “shall dash to pieces”; Notes: Violent verb applied to weapons (bows) causing destruction.
- וּפְרִי־בֶטֶן (u-feri beten) – Root: פרי (peri) + בטן (beten); Form: Conjunction + construct noun + noun feminine singular; Translation: “and the fruit of the womb”; Notes: Refers to infants or unborn children.
- לֹא (lo) – Root: לא; Form: Negative particle; Translation: “not”; Notes: Negates the verb that follows.
- יְרַחֵמוּ (yerakhemu) – Root: רחם (raḥam); Form: Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “they will have compassion”; Notes: Indicates absence of pity or mercy.
- עַל־בָּנִים (ʿal-banim) – Root: בן (ben); Form: Preposition + noun masculine plural; Translation: “on children”; Notes: Direct object of mercy not shown.
- לֹא־תָחוּס (lo-taḥus) – Root: חוס (ḥus); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular; Translation: “shall not spare”; Notes: Feminine subject agrees with “eye” in the next clause.
- עֵינָם (ʿeinehem) – Root: עין (ʿayin); Form: Noun feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “their eye”; Notes: Anthropomorphic expression of lack of mercy.