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# famine — English to Ukrainian

How English *famine* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [famine in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/famine/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: famine (97), famines (3). By style: everyday 4 · biblical 96.

## голоду

Used about 77 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 73). Forms: голод, голоднеча, голоднечі, голодних, голоду.

- Venezuela is on the brink of **famine**.
  Венесуела на межі **голоду**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#8566194](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8566194) [\#9566289](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9566289))

- The **famine** was severe in the land.
  **Голоднеча** ж налягла тяжко на землю.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 43:1)

- Disease and **famine** go together.
  Хвороби та **голод** ідуть пліч-о-пліч.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#20074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/20074) [\#9566271](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9566271))

- Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of **famine**.
  Скіра на нас, наче в печі, счорнїла від пекучої **голоднечі**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LAM 5:10)

- That is why so many people are suffering from **famine**.
  Ось чому так багато людей страждають від **голоду**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dejo and ChickenKiev · checked, community translation · [\#43207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/43207) [\#490978](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/490978))

## од

Used about 4 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4).

- In **famine** he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
  У голодї спасе тебе **од** смертї, а на війнї — од мечового вдару.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 5:20)

- I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and will multiply it, and lay no **famine** on you.
  І очищу вас **од** усїх нечистот ваших, і викличу вроджай і намножу його, й не дозволю, щоб терпіли голоднечу.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 36:29)

## землю

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2). Forms: землю, землї.

- Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for the LORD has called for a **famine**. It will also come on the land for seven years.”
  Елисей розмовляв з молодицею, що воскресив сина її, й рече їй: Збирайся й ійди з твоїми домівниками звідсї та й зупинись денебудь, де зможеш, бо Господь нашле семилїтню голоднечу на сю **землю**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 8:1)

## меча

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2). Forms: меч, меча.

- I will send the sword, the **famine**, and the pestilence among them, until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’”
  І пошлю на їх **меча**, голоднечу й морову заразу, аж покіль їх вигублю з землї, що надїлив їм і отцям їх.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 24:10)

## хлїб

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the **famine** of your houses.
  Коли ви певняки, нехай один з між братів седить у неволї, де вас вартують, а ви йдїть, вистачити **хлїб** вашій семї, в вашу господу.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 42:19)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- They are gaunt from lack and **famine**. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.
  Нуждою й голодом висушені, йдуть вони в степ безводний, мрачний та опустїлий;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 30:3)

- For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the **famine**, and by the pestilence;
  Навідаю карою живущих у Египтї, як навідав Ерусалим, мечем, голоднечею й моровою пошестю.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 44:13)

- For these two years the **famine** has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest.
  Се ж бо вже друге лїто голодує земля, а ще пять років осталось, що не буде нї оранки нї жнив.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 45:6)

## Grammar

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