pe.ger denotes a dead body, especially one left after killing, judgment, or defeat.

The term denotes dead bodies or remains, most often those left exposed after violence, defeat, or announced judgment. Its occurrences include bodies fallen in the wilderness, slain troops on a battlefield, and bodies placed near idols or discarded in a cistern.

1. Dead bodies left after death or slaughter · dominant

   The plural construct form identifies the bodies that will fall and remain in the wilderness in Numbers 14:29 and Numbers 14:33. In 2 Chronicles 20:24 the plural absolute form describes the great multitude lying on the ground after none escaped, while Jeremiah 41:9 concerns bodies thrown into a cistern. The same use can designate bodies associated with idolatrous sites in Ezekiel 6:5 and Leviticus 26:30.

   Numbers 14:29Numbers 14:332 Chronicles 20:24Jeremiah 41:9Ezekiel 6:5Leviticus 26:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses “corpses,” and also uses “dead bodies” and “bodies” in comparable scenes of death and aftermath. These are verse-level renderings rather than a word-by-word alignment.