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They have givenנָתְנוּthe corpsesאֶת נִבְלַתof your servantsעֲבָדֶיךָas foodמַאֲכָלto the birdsלְעוֹףof the sky,הַשָּׁמָיִםthe fleshבְּשַׂרof your faithful onesחֲסִידֶיךָto the animalsלְחַיְתוֹof the earth.אָרֶץ
Psalms 79:2
Study it in the app“They have given the corpses of your servants as food to the birds of the sky, the flesh of your faithful ones to the animals of the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 79:2, word by word
- They have givenנָתְנוּnatnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appears- 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 your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avade” appears- as foodמַאֲכָלmaachal
food
Food.
Where else “maachal” appears- to the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the skyשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- the fleshבְּשַׂרbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- of your faithful onesחֲסִידֶיchaside
faithful one, godly
Faithful one: one who lives out loyal love toward God; also kind.
Where else “chaside” appears- to the animalsחַיְתchayt
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayt” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
1A psalm of Asaph. Elohim, nations have come into your inheritance; they have made unclean your holy temple; they have made Jerusalem into heaps of ruins.
2 · This verse (above)
3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.