Psalms 79:2
They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.This verse in the real world
In what words
- חָסִידchâçîydproperly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
- 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
- בָּשָׂרbâsârflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pude
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- עֶבֶדʻebeda servant
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.