And their slainוְחַלְלֵיהֶםwill be cast out,יֻשְׁלָכוּand from their corpsesוּפִגְרֵיהֶםtheir stenchבָאְשָׁםwill rise,יַעֲלֶהand the mountainsהָרִיםwill meltוְנָמַסּוּwith their blood.מִדָּמָם
Isaiah 34:3
Study it in the app“And their slain will be cast out, and from their corpses their stench will rise, and the mountains will melt with their blood.”
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Isaiah 34:3, word by word
- And their slainחַלְלֵיchalle
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “challe” appears- will be cast outיֻשְׁלָכוּyushlachu
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yushlachu” appears- and from their corpsesפִגְרֵיfigre
carcass, corpse
Dead body, carcass, of a person or an animal.
Where else “figre” appears- their stenchבָאְשָׁvasha
stench
A stench, the foul smell of what rots.
Where else “vasha” appears- will riseיַעֲלֶהyaale
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “yaale” appears- and the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- will meltנָמַסּוּnamasu
melt
To dissolve with heat, like wax or manna in the sun.
Where else “namasu” appears- with their bloodדָּמָdama
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dama” appears
The context
2For YHWH has wrath against all the nations, and fury against all their army; he has devoted them to destruction, he has given them over to slaughter.
3 · This verse (above)
4And all the army of the heavens will dissolve, and the heavens will be rolled up like a book, and all their army will fade as a leaf fades from the vine, and as what fades from the fig tree.