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Make him drunk,הַשְׁכִּירֻהוּforכִּיagainst YHWHעַל יְהוָהhe has made himself great;הִגְדִּילand Moabוְ מוֹאָבwill splashסָפַקin his vomit,בְּקִיאוֹand he tooוְ גַּם הוּאwill becomeהָיָהa laughingstock.לִשְׂחֹק
Jeremiah 48:26
Study it in the app“Make him drunk, for against YHWH he has made himself great; and Moab will splash in his vomit, and he too will become a laughingstock.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:26, word by word
- Make him drunkהַשְׁכִּירֻhashkiru
make drunk
To make another drunk.
Where else “hashkiru” appears- against 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- he has made himself greatהִגְדִּילhigdil
exalt oneself
To exalt oneself proudly.
Where else “higdil” appears- and Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- will splashסָפַקsafak
wallow
To roll about and soil oneself, like one wallowing in his own vomit.
Where else “safak” appears- in his vomitקִיאki
vomit
Vomit.
Where else “ki” appears- will becomeהָיָהhaya
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “haya” appears- a laughingstockשְׂחֹקsechok
laughingstock
A person others mock and laugh at.
Where else “sechok” 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
25The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken, declares YHWH.
26 · This verse (above)
27And was not Israel the laughingstock for you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him you shake your head?