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Thereforeעַל כֵּןover Moabעַל מוֹאָבI will wail,אֲיֵלִילand for Moab,וּלְמוֹאָבall of it,כֻּלֹּהI will cry out;אֶזְעָקfor the menאֶל אַנְשֵׁיof Kir-heresקִיר חֶרֶשׂone moans.יֶהְגֶּה
Jeremiah 48:31
Study it in the app“Therefore over Moab I will wail, and for Moab, all of it, I will cry out; for the men of Kir-heres one moans.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:31, word by word
- over Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- I will wailאֲיֵלִילayelil
howl, wail
To howl, to wail: to cry out loud in grief or alarm.
Where else “ayelil” appears- I will cry outאֶזְעָקezak
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “ezak” appears- for the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of 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- one moansיֶהְגֶּהyehge
moan
To make a low sound, like a dove or a lion.
Where else “yehge” 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
30I know, declares YHWH, his wrath, and it is not so; his boasts have not done so.
31 · This verse (above)
32More than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah! Your shoots crossed over the sea, to the sea of Jazer they reached; upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage the devastator has fallen.