corpse oor Xhosa

corpse

werkwoord, naamwoord

a dead body

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isidumbu

dead body

Such a burial would have kept moisture and air from reaching the corpse, thus limiting its decay.
Ukungcwatywa ngaloo ndlela kwakuza kwenza ukuba ukufuma nomoya kungangeni, yaye ngaloo ndlela isidumbu sasingaboli ngokulula.

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(10:7, 9) Two witnesses prophesy 1,260 days in sackcloth; then they are killed by “the wild beast that ascends out of the abyss,” and their corpses are left three and a half days “on the broad way of the great city.”
(10:7, 9) Amangqina amabini aprofeta iintsuku ezili-1 260 ambethe ezirhwexayo; andula ke abulawe ‘lirhamncwa elinyuka liphuma enzonzobileni,’ ibe izidumbu zawo zishiywa kangangeentsuku ezintathu ezinesiqingatha ziqungquluze “esitratweni somzi omkhulu.”

Such a burial would have kept moisture and air from reaching the corpse, thus limiting its decay.
Ukungcwatywa ngaloo ndlela kwakuza kwenza ukuba ukufuma nomoya kungangeni, yaye ngaloo ndlela isidumbu sasingaboli ngokulula.

“In fact, you smell like corpses already.”
Eneneni, sele ninuka njengezidumbu.”

* So no one could rightly justify the indifference of these men by saying, ‘They avoided the injured man because he appeared to be dead, and touching a corpse would have made them temporarily unfit to serve at the temple.’
* Ngoko akukho namnye owayenokuwathethelela la madoda ngokuthi, ‘Ayishiya loo ndoda ingxwelerhekileyo kuba yayibonakala ngathi ifile, yaye ukuchukumisa isidumbu kwakuya kuwenza angakufanelekeli ukukhonza etempileni kangangexesha elithile.’

13TH VISION (19:11-21): Jesus leads the armies of heaven to execute God’s wrathful judgment on Satan’s system, its armies, and its supporters; carrion birds feast on their corpses.
UMBONO WE-13 (19:11-21): UYesu ukhokela imikhosi yasezulwini ukuba iphumeze umgwebo wengqumbo kaThixo kwinkqubo kaSathana, kwimikhosi yayo nakubaxhasi bayo; iintaka ezitya inyama ebolileyo zizenzela isidlo ngezidumbu zabo.

(Leviticus 11:27, 28, 32, 33) Any person who touched a corpse was considered unclean and had to undergo a cleansing procedure that included washing his garments and bathing.
(Levitikus 11:27, 28, 32, 33) Nabani na owayechukumisa isidumbu wayegqalwa njengoyinqambi ibe kwakufuneka alandele inkqubo ethile yokuhlambulula eyayiquka ukuhlamba iingubo zakhe kunye nesiqu sakhe.

The corpse is bathed, clothed in white, and laid out on a bed.
Isidumbu siyahlanjwa, sivathiswe ngezimhlophe, size silaliswe ebhedini.

Some of those who dragged out the corpses were dressed as the god of the underworld.
Abanye ababerhuqa izidumbu babenxityiswe njengoothixo bakwelemimoya.

After Moses’ death, Satan apparently intended to use the corpse to further his own interests in some way, possibly by inciting Israel to commit idolatry.
Emva kokufa kukaMoses, kuyabonakala ukuba uSathana wayefuna ukusisebenzisela iinjongo zakhe eso sidumbu sakhe, mhlawumbi wayefuna ukuphembelela amaSirayeli ukuba anqule izithixo.

Muscles of mighty warriors will lose strength while they stand on their feet —not while they are lying on the ground as corpses.
Izihlunu zamagorha anamandla ziya kuphelelwa ngamandla ngoxa emi ngeenyawo zawo—kungekhona ngoxa elele phantsi ezizidumbu.

Until late in the 19th century, physicians often worked on corpses and then on living patients —without washing their hands in between.
De kwangasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1800, oogqirha babenyanga abantu bengazihlambanga izandla xa bekhe baphatha izidumbu.

Recall from the encyclopedia that some “leave bouquets wrapped in ferns by the body after death and then pour floral perfume over the corpse to ease its passage into the sacred afterlife.”
Khumbula ukuba ngokwentywilalwazi bambi “bashiya iintyatyambo ezibotshelelwe ngeefeni ecaleni komzimba ofileyo baze bagalele isiqholo sentyatyambo phezu kwesidumbu khon’ ukuze ibe lula indlela yaso eya kubomi obungcwele basemva kokufa.”

Bible accounts of funerary arrangements reveal that the Jews took great care in preparing the corpse for interment.
Amabali eBhayibhile athetha ngamalungiselelo omngcwabo abonisa ukuba amaYuda ayewulungisa kakuhle umzimba ngaphambi komngcwabo.

They can carry me out as a corpse but not as a traitor.”
Baya kundikhupha apha ndisisidumbu, hayi umngcatshi.”

And their corpses will be on the broad way of the great city which is in a spiritual sense called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also impaled.
Kwaye izidumbu zawo ziya kuqungquluza endleleni ephangaleleyo yesixeko esikhulu eso ngengqiqo yokomoya sibizwa ngokuba yiSodom neYiputa, apho neNkosi yawo yabethelelwa khona.

The famous danse macabre genre, commonly representing skeletons and corpses, became a popular allegory of the power of death.
Idanse macabre genre edumileyo eyayidla ngokubonisa ubugoxo bamathambo nezidumbu yaba ngumzekelo obalaseleyo wamandla okufa.

Commenting on this prophecy, the New Catholic Encyclopedia says: “In the destruction of Jerusalem so many of its inhabitants would be killed that their corpses would be cast, unburied, into the valley to rot or be burned.”
Igqabaza ngesi siprofeto, iNew Catholic Encyclopedia ithi: “Xa kwakutshatyalaliswa iYerusalem, abemi bayo abaninzi babeza kubulawa izidumbu zabo ziphoswe kuloo ntlambo zingangcwatywa, zibole okanye zitshiswe.”

Flocks of crows followed, picking at the corpses that were left behind.
Amahlungulu athi chu apha emva kwethu, esitya izidumbu esasizishiya ngasemva.

For hours each day, Mary and her son waited in waist-deep water, surrounded by floating corpses.
Suku ngalunye, uMary nonyana wakhe babelinda kangangeeyure kumanzi ema esinqeni ekwakudada izidumbu kuwo.

I just want to know where to send your corpse!”
Ndifuna nje ukwazi apho ndinokusithumela khona isidumbu sakho!”

And it is not like the fear associated with the Hindu goddess Kali, who at times is depicted as bloodthirsty, using corpses, snakes, and skulls as ornaments.
Kwaye akufani nokoyika okunxulumene nothixokazi wamaHindu uKali, maxa wambi oboniswa njengonxanelwe igazi, osebenzisa izidumbu, iinyoka namathambo okakayi njengezihombiso.

Stephen VI (896-97): “Within a few months [of the trial of Formosus’ corpse] a violent reaction ended the pontificate of Pope Stephen; he was deprived of the pontifical insignia, imprisoned, and strangled.” —New Catholic Encyclopedia.
UStephen VI (896-97): “Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa [zokuchotshelwa kwetyala lesidumbu sikaFormosus] isenzo sogonyamelo sabangela ukuba uPopu Stephen ayeke esikhundleni sakhe; wahluthwa imbasa yobupopu, wavalelwa entolongweni waza wakrwitshwa.”—New Catholic Encyclopedia.

Of course, if the death occurred far away, it was not always convenient to bring the corpse home.
Kambe ke, ukuba ufele kude, kwakungasoloko kulula ukuzisa isidumbu sakhe ekhaya.

To reach the Bothingone Congregation in the hard-hit Irrawaddy Delta region, the relief team traveled through devastated terrain strewn with corpses.
Ukuze iqela elinikela uncedo likwazi ukufika kwiBandla LaseBothingone elikummandla we-Irrawaddy Delta eyayintlithwe kanobom, kwafuneka ukuba lihambe kwindawo eyayithe saa izidumbu.

21 With such a reference to corpses, fire, and worms, is it not true that Isaiah’s thrilling prophecy concludes on a gruesome note?
21 Ekubeni sithetha ngezidumbu, umlilo, neempethu, ngaba aliyonyaniso na elokuba esi siprofeto sichulumancisayo sikaIsaya siqukumbela ngendlela noko ehambis’ umzimba?