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Thisזֶהisthe wordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרconcerning Moabאֶל מוֹאָבlong ago.מֵאָז
Isaiah 16:13
Study it in the app“This is the word that YHWH spoke concerning Moab long ago.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 16:13, word by word
- the wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- 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- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- concerning Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” 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
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14But now YHWH has spoken, saying, “Within three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt with all the great multitude; and the remnant will be small, tiny, not mighty.”