Hebrew Interlinear
Psalms 79:2 Interlinear
“have they given The dead bodies of thy servants to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | נָֽתְנ֡וּ | H5414 | have they given | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) |
| 2 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 3 | נִבְלַ֬ת | H5038 | The dead bodies | a flabby thing, i.e., a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol |
| 4 | עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ | H5650 | of thy servants | a servant |
| 5 | מַ֭אֲכָל | H3978 | to be meat | an eatable (including provender, flesh and fruit) |
| 6 | לְע֣וֹף | H5775 | unto the fowls | a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively |
| 7 | הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם | H8064 | of the heaven | the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r |
| 8 | בְּשַׂ֥ר | H1320 | the flesh | flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man |
| 9 | חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ | H2623 | of thy saints | properly, kind, i.e., (religiously) pious (a saint) |
| 10 | לְחַיְתוֹ | H2416 | unto the beasts | alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin |
| 11 | אָֽרֶץ׃ | H776 | of the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
Verse Context
Psalms 79:1O God are come the heathen into thine inheritance have they defiled ...
Psalms 79:2 (current)have they given The dead bodies of thy servants to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth
Psalms 79:3have they shed Their blood like water round about Jerusalem ...