1st Kings 16:4
Dogs shall eat that man of Baasha, that shall be dead in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat that man of Baasha, that shall die in the field.This verse in the real world
When
Who
In what words
- בַּעְשָׁאBaʻshâʼBasha, a king of Israel
- כֶּלֶבkeleba dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
- עוֹףʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- שָׂדֶהsâdeha field (as flat)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.