And your carcassוְ נִבְלָתְךָwill beהָיְתָהfoodלְמַאֲכָלfor allלְכָלthe birdsעוֹףof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand for the animalsוּלְבֶהֱמַתof the earth,הָאָרֶץand there will beוְno oneאֵיןto frighten them away.מַחֲרִיד
Deuteronomy 28:26
Study it in the app“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.”
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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.
Where else “nivlat” appears- will beהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- foodמַאֲכָלmaachal
food
Food.
Where else “maachal” appears- the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and for the animalsבֶהֱמַתvehemat
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehemat” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- to frighten them awayמַחֲרִידmacharid
frighten
To put fear in others until they flee or lose heart.
Where else “macharid” appears
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.