Isaiah 34:3

“And their slain will be cast out, and from their corpses their stench will rise, and the mountains will melt with their blood.”

Isaiah 34:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and from their corpsesפִגְרֵיfigre

carcass, corpse

Dead body, carcass, of a person or an animal.

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their stenchבָאְשָׁvasha

stench

A stench, the foul smell of what rots.

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will riseיַעֲלֶהyaale

rise

To rise: the sun, the smoke.

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and the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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will meltנָמַסּוּnamasu

melt

To dissolve with heat, like wax or manna in the sun.

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with their bloodדָּמָdama

blood

The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.

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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.

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