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Leaveעִזְבוּthe citiesעָרִיםand dwellוְשִׁכְנוּin the rock,בַּסֶּלַעinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof Moab!מוֹאָבAnd beוִהְיוּlike the doveכְיוֹנָהthat nestsתְּקַנֵּןon the sidesבְּעֶבְרֵיof the mouthפִיof the pit.פָחַת
Jeremiah 48:28
Study it in the app“Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, inhabitants of Moab! And be like the dove that nests on the sides of the mouth of the pit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:28, word by word
- Leaveעִזְבוּizvu
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “izvu” appears- the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- and dwellשִׁכְנוּshichnu
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shichnu” appears- in the rockסֶּלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- And beהְיוּheu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heu” appears- like the doveיוֹנָהyona
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yona” appears- that nestsתְּקַנֵּןtekanen
nest
To make a nest, to nest. It comes from the Hebrew word for "nest".
Where else “tekanen” appears- on the sidesעֶבְרֵיevre
side
Each of the parts of a place or an object: a flank, an edge, a direction.
Where else “evre” appears- of the mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- of the pitפָחַתfachat
pit
Pit, hole; sometimes one dug to trap animals. Also a hollow where someone can hide (2 Samuel 17:9). In the prophets it is an image of a danger with no escape.
Where else “fachat” 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
27And was not Israel the laughingstock for you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him you shake your head?
28 · This verse (above)
29We have heard of the pride of Moab, very proud, his loftiness and his pride and his arrogance and the haughtiness of his heart.