Study it in the app“The flesh of mighty men you will eat, and the blood of the chiefs of the earth you will drink — rams, lambs, and male goats, bulls, fatlings of Bashan all of them.”
The fleshבְּשַׂרof mighty menגִּבּוֹרִיםyou will eat,תֹּאכֵלוּand the bloodוְדַםof the chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיof the earthהָאָרֶץyou will drinkתִּשְׁתּוּ— rams,אֵילִיםlambs,כָּרִיםand male goats,וְעַתּוּדִיםbulls,פָּרִיםfatlingsמְרִיאֵיof Bashanבָשָׁןall of them.כֻּלָּם
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appearswarrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “giborim” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochelu” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appearschief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesie” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “tishtu” appearsram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “elim” appearslamb
A fattened lamb.
Where else “karim” appearsmale goat
The male of the goat, offered in sacrifice.
Where else “atudim” appearsbull
Young bull, bullock.
Where else “parim” appearsfatted animal
Fatted animal: a beast fattened for a meal or a special sacrifice.
Where else “merie” appearsBashan
See it on the mapWhere else “vashan” appearsBashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
17And you, son of man, thus says Adonai YHWH: Say to the birds of every wing and to all the animals of the field, ‘Assemble and come; gather from all around to my sacrifice that I am sacrificing for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, and you will eat flesh and drink blood.
18 · This verse (above)
19And you will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, from my sacrifice that I have sacrificed for you.
