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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1נָֽתְנ֡וּH5414have they givento give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3נִבְלַ֬תH5038The dead bodiesa flabby thing, i.e., a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
4עֲבָדֶ֗יךָH5650of thy servantsa servant
5מַ֭אֲכָלH3978to be meatan eatable (including provender, flesh and fruit)
6לְע֣וֹףH5775unto the fowlsa bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
7הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםH8064of the heaventhe 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
8בְּשַׂ֥רH1320the fleshflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
9חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָH2623of thy saintsproperly, kind, i.e., (religiously) pious (a saint)
10לְחַיְתוֹH2416unto the beastsalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
11אָֽרֶץ׃H776of the earththe 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 ...

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