Deuteronomy 28:26
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נְבֵלָה
nᵉbêlâh
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
עוֹף
ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
חָרַד
chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָרַד chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
Study H2729 →נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
Study H5038 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →עוֹף ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
Study H5775 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the ear...
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famin...
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcas...
At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inha...
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
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