Psalms 79:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given{H8804)} to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָֽתְנ֡וּ אֶת־נִבְלַ֬ת עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ מַ֭אֲכָל לְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם בְּשַׂ֥ר חֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ לְחַיְתוֹ־אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

nāṯnû ʾeṯ-niḇlaṯ ʿăḇāḏeḵā maʾăḵāl to-ʿôp̄ haššāmāyim bəśar ḥăsîḏeḵā to-ḥayṯô-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*nāṯnû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they gave
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*niḇlaṯ*: feminine singular construct - corpse/carcass of
*ʿăḇāḏeḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants
*maʾăḵāl*: masculine singular noun - food/meal
*lĕ*: preposition - to/for
*ʿôp̄*: masculine singular construct - birds/fowl of
*ha*: definite article - the
*šāmāyim*: masculine plural noun - heavens/sky
*bəśar*: masculine singular construct - flesh of
*ḥăsîḏeḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your faithful ones/saints
*ḥayṯô*: feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - beasts of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land

Word Meanings

*niḇlaṯ*: corpses/dead bodies/carcasses
*ʿăḇāḏeḵā*: your servants/your slaves
*maʾăḵāl*: food/meal/something to be eaten
*ʿôp̄*: birds/flying creatures
*šāmāyim*: heavens/sky
*bəśar*: flesh/meat/body
*ḥăsîḏeḵā*: your faithful ones/your godly ones/your saints
*ḥayṯô*: beasts/animals/living creatures
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

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Referenced Verses

Jer 7:33 : 33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
Jer 16:4 : 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jer 34:20 : 20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
Deut 28:26 : 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
Jer 19:7 : 7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jer 15:3 : 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

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Jer 34:20
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20I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
Deut 28:26
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26And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
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33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
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Jer 16:4
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