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Jeremiah 48:1
“Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4124 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
- Derivation
- from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and H1 (אָב); from (her (the mother's)) father;
- KJV renderings
- Moab.
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- מוֹאָ֡ב — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 181 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:37Genesis 19:37Genesis 36:35Exodus 15:15Numbers 21:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מוֹאָב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.