Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 28:26
26Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
Word by word
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| 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 |
Cross-references
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Jeremiah 16:4 · Jeremiah 34:20 · Jeremiah 7:33 · Jeremiah 19:7 · Jeremiah 8:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.