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Thisזֹאתis a light thingוְנָקַלin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH;יְהוָהhe will also giveוְנָתַןMoabמוֹאָבinto your hand.בְּיֶדְכֶם
2 Kings 3:18
Study it in the app“This is a light thing in the eyes of YHWH; he will also give Moab into your hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:18, word by word
- is a light thingנָקַלnakal
despise
To count something or someone as little, as a thing without weight.
Where else “nakal” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- he will also giveנָתַןnatan
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appears- Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- into your handיֶדְyed
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yed” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
17For thus says YHWH, ‘You will not see wind, and you will not see rain, yet that wadi will be filled with water, and you will drink, you and your livestock and your animals.’
18 · This verse (above)
19You will strike every fortified city and every choice city, and every good tree you will fell, and all the springs of water you will stop up, and every good plot of land you will ruin with stones.”