Carcase
A carcass is defined as the dead body of an animal.
The Hebrew word (נְבֵלָה) nëbelah is translated carcase and dead body but it is from the Hebrew nabel (נָבֵל ) meaning to to be senseless, be foolish and can be associated sometimes with idols.
Leviticus 5:2 "Or if a soul touch any unclean[1] thing[2], whether it be a carcase (בְנִבְלַ֨ת)[3] of an unclean beast[4], or a carcase of unclean cattle[5] , or the carcase of unclean creeping things[6], and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.[7]"
There are other words translated carcase:
Judges 14:8 "And after a time <03117> he returned <07725> to take <03947> her, and he turned aside <05493> to see <07200> the carcase[8] of the lion <0738>: and, behold, [there was] a swarm <05712> of bees <01682> and honey <01706> in the carcase[9] <[[]]> of the lion <0738>."
- ↑ 02931 טָמֵא tame’ [taw-may’] from 02930 v. to be impure, Greek 5090 Τιμαιος and 924 βαρτιμαιος; adj; [BDB-379b] [{See TWOT on 809 @@ "809a" }] AV-unclean 79, defiled 5, infamous 1, polluted 1, pollution 1; 87
- 1) unclean, impure
- 1a) ethically and religiously
- 1b) ritually
- 1c) of places
- 1) unclean, impure
- ↑ 01697 ^רבד^ DaletBeitReish dabar \@daw-baw’\@ DaletBeitReish from 01696 meaning speak as in declare a pattern; The same letters may represent a pasture (01699) n m; AV-word 807, thing 231, matter 63, acts 51, chronicles 38, saying 25, commandment 20, misc 204; 1439
- 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
- 1a) speech
- 1b) saying, utterance
- 1c) word, words
- 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
- ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
- ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
- 1) speech, word, speaking, thing
- ↑ 05038 נְבֵלָה nëbelah [neb-ay-law’] from 05034 נָבֵל nabel to be senseless, be foolish; n f; [BDB-615b] [{See TWOT on 1286 @@ "1286a" }] AV-carcase 36, dead body 5, dieth of itself 4, dead of itself 1, died 1, body 1; 48
- 1) carcass, corpse
- 1a) of humans, idols, animals
- 1) carcass, corpse
- ↑ 02416 ^יח^ ChetYod chay \@khah’- ee\@ from 02421; AV-live 197, life 144, beast 76, alive 31, creature 15, running 7, living thing 6, raw 6, misc 19; 501 adj
- 1) living, alive
- 1a) green (of vegetation)
- 1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
- 1c) lively, active (of man)
- 1d) reviving (of the springtime)
- n m
- 2) relatives
- 3) life (abstract emphatic)
- 3a) life
- 3b) sustenance, maintenance
- n f
- 4) living thing, animal
- 4a) animal
- 4b) life
- 4c) appetite
- 4d) revival, renewal
- 5) community
- 1) living, alive
- ↑ 0929 בְּהֵמָה bëhemah [be-hay-maw’] BeitHeyMemHey from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); n f; [BDB-96b] [{See TWOT on 208 @@ "208a" }] AV-beast 136, cattle 53; 189
- 1) beast, cattle, animal
- 1a) beasts (coll of all animals)
- 1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals)
- 1c) wild beasts
- 1) beast, cattle, animal
- ↑ 08318 שֶׁרֶץ sherets [sheh’-rets] from 08317 שֶׁרֶץ ; n m; [BDB-1056b] [{See TWOT on 2467 @@ "2467a" }] AV-creeping thing 11, creep 2, creature 1, move 1; 15
- 1) teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers
- 1a) of insects, animals, small reptiles, quadrupeds
- 1) teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers
- ↑ 0816 אָשַׁם ‘asham [aw-sham’] or אשׁם ‘ashem [aw-shame’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-79b] [{See TWOT on 180 }] AV-guilty 14, desolate 6, offend 6, trespass 4, certainly 1, destroy 1, faulty 1, greatly 1, offence 1; 35
- 1) to offend, be guilty, trespass
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to do wrong, offend, trespass, commit an offense, do injury
- 1a2) to be or become guilty
- 1a3) to be held guilty
- 1a4) to be incriminated
- 1b) (Niphal) to suffer punishment
- 1c) (Hiphil) to declare guilty
- 1a) (Qal)
- 2) (TWOT) to be desolate, acknowledge offense
- 1) to offend, be guilty, trespass
- ↑ 04658 מַפֶּלֶת mappeleth [map-peh’-leth] from 05307 נָפַל to fall; n f; [BDB-658b] [{See TWOT on 1392 @@ "1392e" }] AV-fall 5, ruin 2, carcase 1; 8
- 1) carcass, ruin, overthrow
- 1a) carcass
- 1b) ruin, overthrow
- 1) carcass, ruin, overthrow
- ↑ 01472 גְּוִיָּה gëviyah [ghev-ee-yaw’] prolonged for 01465 גֵּוָה the back; n f; [BDB-156a] [{See TWOT on 326 @@ "326d" }] AV-body 9, corpse 2, carcase 2; 13
- 1) a body (of living creatures)
- 2) a corpse, carcass, dead body