Jeremiah
Jeremiah 7:33
33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The corpses | נִבְלַ֨ת | niḇ·laṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H5038 carcass, corpse |
| of this | הַזֶּה֙ | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| people | הָעָ֤ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| will become | וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה | wə·hā·yə·ṯāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| food | לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל | lə·ma·’ă·ḵāl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H3978 food |
| for the birds | לְע֥וֹף | lə·‘ō·wp̄ | Preposition-l; 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 the beasts | וּלְבֶהֱמַ֣ת | ū·lə·ḇe·hĕ·maṯ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct | H929 beast, animal, cattle |
| of the earth | הָאָ֑רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| and there will be no one | וְאֵ֖ין | wə·’ên | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| to scare them away | מַחֲרִֽיד׃ | ma·ḥă·rîḏ | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H2729 tremble, be terrified |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 28:26 · Jeremiah 12:9 · Revelation 19:17–18
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.