Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 28:25–26

²⁵The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

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Deuteronomy 28:25

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The LORD	יְהוָ֥ה׀	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
will cause	יִתֶּנְךָ֨	yit·ten·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
you to be defeated	נִגָּף֮	nig·gāp̄	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H5062 strike, smite
before	לִפְנֵ֣י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
your enemies	אֹיְבֶיךָ֒	’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
You will march out	תֵּצֵ֣א	tê·ṣê	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
against them	אֵלָ֔יו	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
in one	אֶחָד֙	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
direction	בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ	bə·ḏe·reḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
but flee	תָּנ֣וּס	tā·nūs	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5127 flee, escape
from them	לְפָנָ֑יו	lə·p̄ā·nāw	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
in seven	וּבְשִׁבְעָ֥ה	ū·ḇə·šiḇ·‘āh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Number - masculine singular	H7651 seven
You will be	וְהָיִ֣יתָ	wə·hā·yî·ṯā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
an object of horror	לְזַעֲוָ֔ה	lə·za·‘ă·wāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H2189 a trembling
to all	לְכֹ֖ל	lə·ḵōl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the kingdoms	מַמְלְכ֥וֹת	mam·lə·ḵō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4467 kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign
of the earth	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Deuteronomy 28:26

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your corpses	נִבְלָֽתְךָ֙	niḇ·lā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5038 carcass, corpse
will be	וְהָיְתָ֤ה	wə·hā·yə·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
food	לְמַאֲכָ֔ל	lə·ma·’ă·ḵāl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H3978 food
for all	לְכָל־	lə·ḵāl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the birds	ע֥וֹף	‘ō·wp̄	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and beasts of	וּלְבֶהֱמַ֣ת	ū·lə·ḇe·hĕ·maṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct	H929 beast, animal, cattle
the earth	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
with no	וְאֵ֖ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
one to scare them away	מַחֲרִֽיד׃	ma·ḥă·rîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H2729 tremble, be terrified

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Deuteronomy 28:25 Isaiah 30:17 · Ezekiel 23:46 · Jeremiah 24:9 · Deuteronomy 32:30 · Deuteronomy 28:7 · Leviticus 26:17 · Jeremiah 15:2–9 · Leviticus 26:36–37 · Jeremiah 29:18 · Luke 21:24 · Jeremiah 34:17

Deuteronomy 28:26 Jeremiah 16:4 · Jeremiah 34:20 · Jeremiah 7:33 · Jeremiah 19:7 · Jeremiah 8:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.