Psalms

Psalm 79:2

²They have given the corpses of Your servants

as food to the birds of the air,

the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have given	נָֽתְנ֡וּ	nā·ṯə·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5414 give, put, set
the corpses	נִבְלַ֬ת	niḇ·laṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5038 carcass, corpse
of Your servants	עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ	‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant
as food	מַ֭אֲכָל	ma·’ă·ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular	H3978 food
to the birds	לְע֣וֹף	lə·‘ō·wp̄	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
the flesh	בְּשַׂ֥ר	bə·śar	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1320 flesh
of Your saints	חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ	ḥă·sî·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H2623 kind, pious
to the beasts	לְחַיְתוֹ־	lə·ḥay·ṯōw-	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
of the earth	אָֽרֶץ׃	’ā·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.