Study it in the app“therefore, look, I am opening the shoulder of Moab from the cities, from its cities, from its edge, the jewel of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,”
therefore,לָכֵןlook, I amהִנְנִיopeningפֹתֵחַthe shoulderאֶת כֶּתֶףof Moabמוֹאָבfrom the cities,מֵהֶעָרִיםfrom its cities,מֵעָרָיוfrom its edge,מִקָּצֵהוּthe jewelצְבִיof the land,אֶרֶץBeth-jeshimoth,בֵּית הַיְשִׁימֹתBaal-meon,בַּעַל מְעוֹןand Kiriathaim,וְקִרְיָתָיְמָה
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “foteach” appearsshoulder
The part of the body between neck and arm, where loads are carried.
Where else “ketef” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appearsend
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “katse” appearssplendor
What gives splendor: "the glorious land".
Where else “tsevi” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsBeth-jeshimoth
Beth-jeshimoth, a place in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan. The name means "house of the wastelands."
Where else “bet” appearsBaal-meon
Baal-meon, a city east of the Jordan, built by the sons of Reuben. The name means "lord of the dwelling."
Where else “baal” appearsKiriathaim
Kiriathaim, a town east of the Jordan; also a town in Naphtali.
Where else “kiryatayma” appearsMoab
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).
8Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because Moab and Seir say, “Look, like all the nations is the house of Judah,”
9 · This verse (above)
10to the sons of the east, along with the sons of Ammon; and I will give it as a possession, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations.
