Psalms 79:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.”

Psalms 79:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 79:211 words

HebrewMeaning

נָֽתְנ֡וּnātənw

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

נִבְלַ֬תnibəlat

bodynounH5038

carcase · dead of itself · which died · that dieth of itself

עֲבָדֶ֗י/ךָʿăbādeykā

bondmannounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

מַ֭אֲכָלmaʾăkāl

foodnounH3978

fruit · meat · victual

לְ/ע֣וֹףləʿwōp

birdpronH5775

that flieth · flying · fowl

הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִםhašāmāyim

heavenparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

בְּשַׂ֥רbəśar

bodynounH1320

(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···

חֲ֝סִידֶ֗י/ךָḥăsiydeykā

godlyadjH2623

good · holy · merciful · saint ···

לְ/חַיְת/וֹləḥayətwō

alivepronH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

אָֽרֶץʾāreṣ

earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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