And the corpsesוְהָיְתָה נִבְלַתof this peopleהָעָם הַזֶּהwill be foodלְמַאֲכָלfor the birdsלְעוֹףof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםand for the beastsוּלְבֶהֱמַתof the earth,הָאָרֶץwith no oneוְאֵיןto frighten them away.מַחֲרִיד
Jeremiah 7:33
Study it in the app“And the corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth, with no one to frighten them away.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 7:33, word by word
- And the corpsesהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- And the corpsesנִבְלַתnivlat
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- of this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- will be foodמַאֲכָלmaachal
food
Food.
Where else “maachal” appears- for 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 beastsבֶהֱמַתvehemat
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
32Therefore look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when it will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter; and they will bury in Topheth for lack of room.
33 · This verse (above)
34And I will make cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin.