Deuteronomy 28:26

“And your carcass will be food for all the birds of the heavens and for the animals of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.”

Deuteronomy 28:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 28:26, word by word

And your carcassנִבְלָתְnivlat

carcass, dead body

A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.

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will beהָיְתָהhayta

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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foodמַאֲכָלmaachal

food

Food.

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the birdsעוֹףof

bird

The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.

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of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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and for the animalsבֶהֱמַתvehemat

beast

Animals in general.

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of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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to frighten them awayמַחֲרִידmacharid

frighten

To put fear in others until they flee or lose heart.

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The context

25YHWH will make you defeated before your enemies; you will go out against them by one way and flee before them by seven ways; and you will be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

26 · This verse (above)

27YHWH will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with scabs and with itch, from which you will not be able to be healed.

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