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ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהLook,הִנֵּהlike the eagleכַנֶּשֶׁרhe will swoopיִדְאֶהand spreadוּפָרַשׂhis wingsכְּנָפָיוover Moab.אֶל מוֹאָב
Jeremiah 48:40
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH: Look, like the eagle he will swoop and spread his wings over Moab.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 48:40, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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- like the eagleנֶּשֶׁרnesher
eagle, vulture
Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.
Where else “nesher” appears- he will swoopיִדְאֶהyide
swoop
Swoop: fly fast, like the bird that falls on its prey.
Where else “yide” appears- and spreadפָרַשׂfaras
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “faras” appears- his wingsכְּנָפָיkenafay
wing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kenafay” appears- over Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” 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
39How it is dismayed! Wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! And Moab will become a laughingstock and a terror to all who are around him.
40 · This verse (above)
41The towns are captured, and the strongholds are seized; and the heart of the mighty men of Moab will be in that day like the heart of a woman in distress.