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The burdenמַשָּׂאof Moab.מוֹאָבBecauseכִּיin a nightבְּלֵילArעָרof Moabמוֹאָבwas devastated,שֻׁדַּדit was destroyed;נִדְמָהbecauseכִּיin a nightבְּלֵילKirקִירof Moabמוֹאָבwas devastated,שֻׁדַּדit was destroyed.נִדְמָה
Isaiah 15:1
Study it in the app“The burden of Moab. Because in a night Ar of Moab was devastated, it was destroyed; because in a night Kir of Moab was devastated, it was destroyed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 15:1, word by word
- The burdenמַשָּׂאmasa
oracle
A weighty message from God that a prophet carries, an oracle.
Where else “masa” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- in a nightלֵילlel
night
Night.
Where else “lel” appears- Arעָרar
Ar
Ar, a city of Moab. The name means "city."
Where else “ar” appears- was devastatedשֻׁדַּדshudad
devastate
To leave a country or city empty and in ruins by force.
Where else “shudad” appears- it was destroyedנִדְמָהnidma
destroy
To vanish completely, be wiped out, or put an end to something.
Where else “nidma” appears- Kirקִירkir
Kir
Kir. The name of two places: 1) a distant region to which the king of Assyria carried the people of Damascus into exile (2 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5), and from which, according to Amos 9:7, the Arameans had come; 2) a city of Moab (Isaiah 15:1).
Where else “kir” 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
1 · This verse (above)
2He goes up to the house and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails; on all its heads baldness, every beard shaved off.