Study it in the app“The 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.”
The townsהַקְּרִיּוֹתare captured,נִלְכְּדָהand the strongholdsוְהַמְּצָדוֹתare seized;נִתְפָּשָׂהand the heartוְ לֵבof the mighty menגִּבּוֹרֵיof Moabמוֹאָבwill beהָיָהin that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאlike the heartכְּלֵבof a womanאִשָּׁהin distress.מְצֵרָה
Kerioth
Kerioth: the name of a town of Judah in the Negev ("Kerioth-hezron") and of a town of Moab. The name means "cities."
Where else “keriyot” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkda” appearsstronghold
Stronghold: a high place, hard to reach, that serves as a refuge.
Where else “metsadot” appearsseize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “nitpasa” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appearswarrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibore” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsdistress
To be in a tight spot, or to leave others no way out, like a besieged city.
Where else “metsera” appears“The towns” (haqqeriyyot) can also be Kerioth, named in 48:24.
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).
40For thus says YHWH: Look, like the eagle he will swoop and spread his wings over Moab.
41 · This verse (above)
42And Moab will be destroyed from being a people, for against YHWH he has made himself great.
