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And it will beוְהָיָהlike a wanderingנוֹדֵדbird,כְעוֹףa nestקֵןcast out:מְשֻׁלָּחthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof Moabמוֹאָבwill beתִּהְיֶינָהat the fordsמַעְבָּרֹתof the Arnon.לְאַרְנוֹן
Isaiah 16:2
Study it in the app“And it will be like a wandering bird, a nest cast out: the daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 16:2, word by word
- And it will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- like a wanderingנוֹדֵדnoded
wander
To roam like a fugitive.
Where else “noded” appears- birdעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- a nestקֵןken
nest
The place where a bird lays its eggs and raises its young.
Where else “ken” appears- cast outמְשֻׁלָּחmeshulach
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “meshulach” appears- the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- at the fordsמַעְבָּרֹתmabarot
ford
A shallow place to cross a river.
Where else “mabarot” appears- of the Arnonאַרְנוֹןarnon
Arnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” 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
1Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from Sela toward the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
2 · This verse (above)
3Bring counsel, make a decision; make your shade like the night in the middle of noon; hide the banished, do not expose the wanderer.