Deuteronomy 28:26
and thy dead body be it into meat to all birds of heaven, and to beasts of the earth, and none be that may drive them away.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַאֲכָלmaʼăkâlan eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
- נְבֵלָהnᵉbêlâha flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figurati
- עוֹףʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 16:4, Jer 34:20, Jer 7:33, Jer 19:7, Jer 8:1, 1Sa 17:44–46, Psa 79:1–3, Ezk 39:17–20