Study it in the app“Therefore my heart moans for Moab like flutes, and my heart for the men of Kir-heres moans like flutes; therefore the surplus he had made has perished.”
Thereforeעַל כֵּןmy heartלִבִּיmoansיֶהֱמֶהfor Moabלְמוֹאָבlike flutes,כַּחֲלִלִיםand my heartוְלִבִּיfor the menאֶל אַנְשֵׁיof Kir-heresקִיר חֶרֶשׂmoansיֶהֱמֶהlike flutes;כַּחֲלִילִיםthereforeעַל כֵּןthe surplusיִתְרַתhe had madeעָשָׂהhas perished.אָבָדוּ
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appearsmoan
To be restless inside, groan.
Where else “yeheme” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsflute
Flute: a wind instrument made of a tube with holes.
Where else “chalilim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsKir-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” appearsabundance, what is left
Abundance; what is left over, wealth.
Where else “yitrat” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appearsperish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avadu” appearsMoab
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).
35And I will make cease in Moab, declares YHWH, the one who offers on a high place and the one who offers up smoke to his gods.
36 · This verse (above)
37For every head is baldness, and every beard shaved off; on all hands gashes, and on the loins sackcloth.
