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נְבֵלָה noun feminine carcass, corpse (as inert, flabby); — ׳ נ absolute 1Kgs 13:24 +; construct נִבְלַת 1Kgs 13:29 +; suffix נְבֵלָתִי Isa 26:19 נִבְלָֽתְךָ Deut 28:26; 1Kgs 13:22 נֵבְלָתוֺ + Josh 82:9 + 6 t.; נִבְלָתָהּ Lev 11:39; Lev 11:40 (twice in verse); נִבְלָתָם Isa 5:25 + 14 t.; — carcass, corpse:
1.
a.
human (not in Ezekiel,
P
, (
H
), which use פֶּגֶר); Josh 8:29 (
J
E
),
1Kgs
13:22;
1Kgs 13:24 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 13:25 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 13:28 (3 t. in verse); 1Kgs 13:29
; 1Kgs 13:30
; 2Kgs 9:37
; Jer
26:23; Jer 36:30; Deut 21:23; Deut 28:26
collective corpses
Isa 5:25; Isa 26:19
(wish
for restoration to life), Jer 7:33; Jer 9:21; Jer 16:4; Jer 19:7; Jer 34:20; Ps 79:2.
b. of lifeless idols, collective ׳
נִבְלַת שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם וגו
Jer 16:18.
2. of animals (clean and unclean, wild animals, cattle, birds and reptiles, chiefly Leviticus,
Ezekiel), Deut 14:8
; Lev 5:2 (3 t. in
verse); Lev 11:8
;
Lev 11:11;
Lev 11:24;
Lev 11:25;
Lev 11:27;
Lev 11:28;
Lev 11:35;
Lev 11:36;
Lev 11:37;
Lev 11:38;
Lev 17:15
(all
P
); ׳
נ specifically = body of animal dying of itself Deut 14:21; Lev 7:24; Lev 11:39; Lev 11:40 (twice in verse) (
P
), Lev 22:8
(
H
), Ezek
4:14
; Ezek
44:31
.