Lexicon
סוּחָה
su.chah
H5478
H:N-F Hebrew

offal

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su.chah denotes what is left lying in the streets after the people are struck down in judgment.

The sole attested use places the feminine singular noun in the scene of bodies lying in the streets after divine anger strikes the people, identifying what is left there.

Senses in use

  1. What lies in the streets after the slain · dominant

    In Isaiah 5:25, the feminine singular noun occurs in the clause describing the aftermath of the people being struck down; the APB renders the scene, “their corpses lay like refuse in the streets.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 5:25, the APB presents the aftermath as “their corpses lay like refuse in the streets.” Its precise English correspondence to the noun cannot be isolated with certainty.

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