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Thereforeעַל כֵּןmy insidesמֵעַיfor Moabלְמוֹאָבlike a lyreכַּכִּנּוֹרmoan,יֶהֱמוּand my inmost beingוְקִרְבִּיfor Kir-heres.לְקִיר חָרֶשׂ
Isaiah 16:11
Study it in the app“Therefore my insides for Moab like a lyre moan, and my inmost being for Kir-heres.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 16:11, word by word
- my insidesמֵעַmea
compassion
What is felt inside: pain, anguish or compassion felt in the bowels.
Where else “mea” appears- for Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- like a lyreכִּנּוֹרkinor
lyre
Lyre: a small stringed instrument.
Where else “kinor” appears- moanיֶהֱמוּyehemu
moan
To be restless inside, groan.
Where else “yehemu” appears- and my inmost beingקִרְבִּkirbi
inside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirbi” appears- for Kir-heresקִירkir
Kir-hareseth
Kir-hareseth. A fortified city of Moab; the name means "wall of baked brick." It is also called Kir-heres or Kir of Moab (Isaiah 15:1; 16:7, 11).
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
10And joy and gladness are gathered away from the orchard, and in the vineyards there is no singing, no shouting; the treader does not tread out wine in the presses; the shout I have made cease.
11 · This verse (above)
12And it will happen, when he appears, when Moab wearies himself on the high place and comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not be able.