Lamentations 5:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

Young's Literal Translation
With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

King James Bible
We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

Hebrew
We get
נָבִ֣יא (nā·ḇî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

our bread
לַחְמֵ֔נוּ (laḥ·mê·nū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

at the risk of our lives
בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ (bə·nap̄·šê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

because of
מִפְּנֵ֖י (mip·pə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the sword
חֶ֥רֶב (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

in the wilderness.
הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (ham·miḏ·bār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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