נְבֵלָה
nĕbēlâ
carcass
Strong's H5038NounHebrewTWOT 1286a

נְבֵלָה (nĕbēlâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning carcass. It appears 48 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5038).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1286a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1286a)carcass, corpse; flabby, carcase, carrion, idol; body, dead of itself, which died, that dieth of itself
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נְבֵלָה noun, feminine: carcass, corpse

Strong's H5038 נְבֵלָה: a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
KJV:(dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1286: נָבֵל nābēl — sink, drop down, languish, wither and fall, fade; fall; wilt, fail, faint, be foolish, wicked, despise, disgrace; dishounour, lightly esteem, fadeing, falling, do foolishly, come to nought, make vile, wither

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:8Deuteronomy 14:8Joshua 8:29

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